A Letter to Your Child, Delivered the Day They're Grown
Children grow faster than anyone can keep up with. Today they're asleep in your arms; blink, and they're walking through the school gate without looking back. Every parent has had the thought: I wish I could keep this exact moment — who they are right now, who I am right now — and hand it to them when they're grown. Photos and videos capture how things looked, but not what's in your heart: the beautiful chaos of the day they were born, the tears when they first said "mama," everything you hope for them and everything you can't bear to let go. Here, you can put all of it in a letter and have it delivered on their eighteenth birthday, their graduation day, or any day you choose. When it arrives, they'll be holding a letter from many years ago, signed by a younger you. Below are letters some parents have chosen to share. What it feels like to love a child — written down, it becomes the longest-lasting gift you can give.
How to write this letter
- Describe them exactly as they are today: how tall, the phrase they repeat all day, how they sleep. The details you're sure you'll never forget are the first to go.
- Tell a story only you know: what happened the day they were born, how you chose their name. Stories land better in a letter than in a retelling years later.
- Write your hopes — but as hopes, not demands. Tell them that whoever they become, the love in this letter doesn't change.
- Write about yourself, too: your age, your work, what's worrying you these days. The grown-up version of them will be dying to meet the you of today.
Real letters from the vault
77 public letters断乳篇
背奶妈妈： 宝宝马上要满周岁了！你已经顺利结束你的背奶使命了吗？ 这个过程一定是辛苦的！因为从宝宝生下来开始，你母乳充足，每三小时喂一次奶或者吸一次奶，让你没有办法睡整觉，但是这些都是值得的。你要相信！你做的都是值得的。
zhoutieyi
2014.07.25
崽种收信
崽种，又一年过去了，你长进了吗。刚刚在整理ipad的时候发现去年三月写的关于未来薛总的幻想，笑死我了。就突发奇想想给你也写封信。我现在思维有点混乱，没有以前那sharp劲儿，就按照典型分类来写吧。学业：学业方面你可不要掉队啊，老母亲倍感心酸。想想这也是你唯一的出路和选择了吧。好好
mogeko
2020.07.20
写给你，我的女孩
按照正常的时间点，你已经中考完了，我的女孩。真的和爸爸说的一样吗？你觉的自己考得怎么样？还满意吗？对我，你不用掩盖，可以好好的哭一场，不管是好是坏，终于第一次熬出了头。以后还有很多这样子的感受，祝你好运。你喜欢自己吗？或者说，你喜欢现在这个世界吗？暑假，是否真的会缩短，虽然对于你
n4784
2020.02.27
减肥奶娃美容三不误
繁忙的妈妈： 2个月过去了，宝宝现在已经吃辅食了吧！有没有学会新的技能，比如自己坐起来之类的。背奶的工作进行的还顺利吧。 重要脐贴减肥有效果了吗?现在变辣妈了吗？你今天的体重是82.3公斤。
zhoutieyi
2014.07.25
嘿，兄弟……
hey ，兄弟，或者是亲爱的自己。怎么样~现在？赚到钱了吗？宝宝也长大了吧？希望你没忘记今天的所想的开间化妆铺的事情。哦，对了。。其实写这个的目的是为了给未来的你“关于合理体罚孩子”这么个东西~~~好好看看吧~记得多培养孩子做一个有表演能力的人~~毕竟这是你的梦想……但别太强迫。
n1410
2016.03.28
写给未来的小胖妞儿
小胖妞儿： 这是一封来自过去时间的短信，请不要害怕！今天是你的生日。希望你快快乐乐的度过这一天，如果真的要计数的话，估计到你收到这天已经几个月过去了。突然语塞甚至觉得很多字眼都是苍白的，这么缤纷的世界却没有我要使用的色彩，而我还不甘心的寻找着绘出不同色彩的技巧，嗯，这天如
小铭
2015.09.20
给未来的宝贝
致未来的宝贝亲爱的宝贝：不知道这封信寄出的时候，你是否已经回到了我的身边，我的感觉告诉我，你会回来。宝贝，请接受妈妈的道歉，是妈妈的疏忽，在2012年，妈妈失去了你，妈妈自责不已……从那以后的每一天，妈妈都在期盼你能重新回到妈妈身边。在每个思念的夜里，内心的愧疚煎熬着漫漫长夜，辗
虾米
2014.10.27
一封来自2024年01月15日的信
亲爱的杨语晴：我是2024年1月15日的你，我先简单描述下现在的大致状况，以免在时间洪流里遗忘掉一部分。我交往了新男友，姓徐，爸爸妈妈正在走离婚程序，而我此时支离破碎，一个月前我和徐靖康开始交往，迫切的想要一个孩子来抱团取暖，但我忽略了许多现实因素，现在这个宝贝已经在我肚子里，而
一位神秘富婆
2024.01.15
致未来的宝贝
致未来的宝贝亲爱的宝贝：不知道这封信寄出的时候，你是否已经回到了我的身边，我的感觉告诉我，你会回来。宝贝，请接受妈妈的道歉，是妈妈的疏忽，在2012年，妈妈失去了你，妈妈自责不已……从那以后的每一天，妈妈都在期盼你能重新回到妈妈身边。在每个思念的夜里，内心的愧疚煎熬着漫漫长夜，辗
虾米
2014.10.27
第二个宝贝
亲爱的第二个宝贝，今天妈妈看为什么好几天大姨妈还没来，想着可能是这几天减肥减的大姨妈不来。友辰躺在床上睡着了妈妈忽然想起会不会是怀孕了，想起厕所柜子里还有一个验孕棒，就拿起测了下，结果两条线一深一浅，你懂妈妈么，心里有多难受。因为妈妈不想要这个孩子，因为你的爸爸是个没有担当的天天
友辰肉松饼
2019.06.25
写给未来的…
亲爱的乐多麻麻，转眼拥有这个身份已经二十天了，此时的乐多还是会偶尔的小磨人，但是可爱的时候也让人融化，我的小盔甲，一天天在长大着，希望我的乐多，以后能找到一个自己很爱很爱的人共度余生，绝不将就。现在是凌晨两点半，刚喂完奶的我已经醒透彻了，心情依旧还是很……不是很好形容，反正就是很
N
2020.06.22
一封来自2024年01月16日的信
to 自己：现在是2014年1月16日23:43分，抱着儿子刚喂完奶，我想人生最幸福的事就是拥有了我儿子，这辈子最不后悔的事就是生下儿子。但是有太多太多的委屈和失望让我无法做一个足够开心的妈妈。不知道此时此刻看到这封的你是否有开心一点了？是否还有后悔当初的决定，冲动之下就决定和一
WONGSIAOCHING
2024.01.16
Frequently Asked Questions
My child doesn't have an email or phone yet. How does this work?
Send it to your own inbox and hand it over in person on delivery day — or keep the letter's 6-digit claim code and give it to them when they're older; the code alone unlocks the letter.
Will it really still arrive, a decade or more from now?
Yes. On delivery day the system sends an email and a text automatically, with the claim code as a final backstop. Delivery within a year is free; longer terms are a one-time fee from ¥3.9 up to ¥19.9 — no subscriptions, ever.
What age should I send it to?
The eighteenth birthday is the classic — the day they come of age. Some parents write one every birthday and build a whole shelf of growing-up letters.
Can anyone else read what I write?
No. Letters are private by default — only the recipient can open one, via the link or the claim code. Every letter you see on this page was made public by its writer on purpose.
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