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
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宝 18岁生日快乐  宝是一个成年人啦  未来的路会是什么 谁也不知道  宝 今天是3月29宝 生日快乐生日快乐生日快乐在未来要照顾好自己 我也会照顾好我的我不在身边 要加油哦你是一个知道自己目标有追求的人  小孩子脾气也很重宝乖哦 不管我还在不在你身边  我还是那个爱你的小孩白

n6879 2021.03.29
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未来的小朋友

十年都能改变一个王朝啦,五年足够实现大变动啦。发光发热不是为了自己,是为了让别人看到自己。少说话多做事。君子本也不应听他人私语。不要成为被丢弃的人。要做也得做能让念念不忘的人。我不知道讲什么,但是你应该知道变化带来什么。少想事会活的快乐。你的王牌应不止一张,我想要的是永久而不是体

琳厌 2020.11.28
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2018年4月16日送儿子跆拳道回家

今天周一送儿子跆拳道回家,回来的时候儿子拿着个玩家是人家跆拳道馆50积分可以换的,刚好包里有60积分,人家说可以用60积分换个大的,或者还有个100元钱3节课的砍价活动,参加活动免费送这个价值50积分的玩具,就一脸蒙蔽的拿着手上“小玩具〃,这个时候所有人都看着他的选择是什么。。。

王水湖 2018.04.16
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亲爱的jessica

hi,gilr…我决定挑战为期100天的英语阅读,我不知道我能不能成功,我是一个典型三分钟热度的人。但从现在开始我想改变了,因为现在我是一个妈妈的角色,我希望我能成为孩子的榜样,我希望我能带着孩子学会坚持… 只要下定目标就要坚持完成。亲爱的的Jessica 你要加油!如果成功了,

n3182 2018.04.26
给读完两本狄更斯英文书的Grace
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给读完两本狄更斯英文书的Grace

亲爱的Grace,恭喜你哦!读完了两本狄更斯的英文书,100天的时间不算长,画在人生的格子中它只是很小的一段,但是这一小段的坚持会让你更加坚毅,勇于挑战。读完了书,有怎样的感受呢?遇到了哪些困难?你又是怎样克服的呢?精读不能囫囵吞枣,遇到不懂的要问老师。战胜了100天给自己一个小

Grace格格 2018.11.22
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生日快乐

今天你看到这封信的时候,我的宝贝你已经是17岁的一个大姑娘了,首先我想对我亲爱宝贝说一句生日快乐,生日快乐,生日快乐。这是我陪你过的第二个生日,以后还有好多个你的生日,你的16岁我在,你的17岁我也在,以后的以后我都会一直在,不管是任何事情我都在。不是我想是我一定会在的 。♡ ✨

肥大鑫鑫 2021.10.07
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写给未来的…

豆豆今天中午走丢了,很多时候,失去了我才知道他真的很重要!!豆豆,妈妈不嫌你臭,妈妈不嫌你到处尿尿,妈妈不嫌你不听话,妈妈想你回来!!爸爸今天还给你买了玩具,你回来好不好,你的火腿才吃一小半,你再不回来,我就给你吃了哈。。豆豆,妈妈其实很爱你!!!!明天记得回来,在电梯楼下等我们

昔然 2017.03.03
猪仔过的怎么样?
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猪仔过的怎么样?

最近有没有问自己,那些该做的都做了吗?孩子啊混日子吗?是不是有复习四级呢?这次不过会给未来带来什么影响?有没有想过自己这个年纪是不是改对得起老爸老妈的付出。不要为了一些无谓的事情困扰。该学习的时候去学习,该放松的时候去放松。找找老朋友吧,不要让他们忘了自己。记得自己的暑假计划,给

猪仔 2013.03.17
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未来的自己

现在的自己,在做月子,天天待在家里,身体也恢复不少了,但是也是害怕以后会有月子病,所以还是天天待在家里,不敢玩手机。俩年后,不知道宝宝怎样,心脏缺口好了吗,是自己长好的,还是要做手术。自己还是在农商行?还是考上了公务员?或者不会做家庭主妇呢?自己现在的生活又是怎样?有了宝宝一直都

mjj 2019.08.11
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三年后的宝宝,你在干嘛呢?

三年后的宝宝,这个时候你应该高考完了吧!考上了曾经的梦想大学了吗?所有的努力都是有回报的,不要给自己施加太大的压力,放松一点。给你写这封信的时候,是2017年的2月15号哦!凌晨两点,因为还有几天就要开学了,三年了还是舍不得妈妈,不想自己一个人呆在学校里,(妈妈刚才问我怎么还没睡

顾北墨陌 2017.02.15
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我一直心疼的乖乖

不知道这封信你会不会收到,三年后今天你会不会已经谈男朋友啦,但我希望你一直开开心心,一定不能委屈自己,要是男朋友欺负你,你就和我说知道吧,我肯定绕不了他,我的乖乖有没有一直好好吃饭呀,上大学交朋友了会不会忘记我啊。不管咋样,我都一直希望你变得更好,爱你的黄豆豆

n6750 2021.02.28
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写给100天后的雪儿画

希望每天多能坚持,然后可以获得些许的进步,为了孩子奋斗吧,目前还是出来x会读,会看,然后不会说的阶段,希望我每天读完故事可以利用里面的单词去跟孩子复述故事内容,这样能够带动孩子的兴趣,也有助于提高我的英语,100天结束的时候你会成功,还是放弃?

n3880 2018.12.21

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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