You may have written letters too raw to send. Or sent ones that disappeared into silence. You may be waiting for a response that isn’t coming.  You aren't alone in this. And your words matter — even if your child or grandchildren never reads them.  This is the place for them.

 

Invitation to Submit

We invite you to contribute — a letter, poem, diary entry, prayer, or a single line that captures something true.  Your piece doesn’t need to resolve anything or defend you. It doesn’t have to be fair, polished, or complete. Just honest.  

 

You might be feeling grief, anger, love, confusion, or all of these at once. Some stories have two truths. Contradictions are part of being human — especially when love is at stake.

 

Topics by Chapter 

 

1. The Silence Begins

The moment things changed. Shock, disbelief, the surreal quality of waiting.

2. Why

The search for reasons. Middle-of-the-night audits, unanswerable questions, replayed conversations.

3. The Weight of It

Grief, guilt, shame. The particular sorrow of mourning someone still alive.

4. What I Want to Say

The heart of the anthology. Letters too raw to send, or sent into silence.

5. The World Keeps Moving

Holidays, grandchildren, the social wound. Daily encounters with loss.

6. Anger Is Also Love

Rage, ambivalence, the full truth. Love and fury in the same breath.

7. Finding Shelter

Community, meaning, what sustains. Not moving on — moving with.

8. Gifts

What this has taught. Space for your own words — blank diary pages and an optional AI writing companion.

 

Use Your Hurt for Good

 

While your loved one may not read your submission, it may reach another parent who feels the same way.