A  SPACE CREATED JUST FOR YOU

Too many parents live with estrangement in isolation, carrying grief that has no clear place to go. 

Often kept a shameful secret, it's more common than many realize and may be increasing due to cultural or generational trends, including social media. 

Conversations about family rupture generally are shaped around advice, assumptions, or pressure to reconcile. 

There's also a growing recognition of estrangement in the field of mental health, which has produced excellent RESOURCES and more public dialogue about the problem.  

 

While these are welcome additions, what’s still missing is a place to sit with the harsh reality of powerlessness, frustration, and enduring love in the face of on-going loss.

 

A GRIEF LIKE NO OTHER

Unanswered Letters was created to help parents process grief, bring comfort, and give form to feelings that are difficult to put into words. 

This project isn't about waiting for closure that may never come or embracing victimhood. Our primary goals are acknowledgment and support. We hope readers will feel less alone, encouraged, or relieved.

We also want to increase awareness of the impact estrangement has on parents; and perhaps spur more open conversations about family conflicts that have gone painfully wrong.

FUTURE PLANS

Phase 1 will bring together parents' voices in book form. Subsequent projects may include other family members and multi-media activities (audio storytelling, music, and visual arts.) 

 

Every part of this collaboration aims to reflect the complexity of estrangement without reducing it to a problem to be solved or attempting to substitute for the work of mental health professionals. 

 

See About Us to learn more