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.
Ideas to get you started
- 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
42 public letters写给闺女的
当你看到这封信的时候，我已经走了，确切的的说是去学校了，不过你这傻逼可能会说我死了然后骂我，不过我已经预判了你的预判。你是个傻逼。时间过的很快，转眼间4年就过去了。我们从六年级上册到现在，我也当了你整整四年的爸爸了，心里大大滴开心。咳咳，说点正事，虽然我们的父女情才4年，但是我希望，我们以后的关系不
n7373
Aug 25, 2021 · Traveled 7 days
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 。♡ ✨成长不期而遇，生日如
肥大鑫鑫
Oct 7, 2021 · Traveled 7 days
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个拥有生活习惯观念截
WONGSIAOCHING
Jan 16, 2024 · Traveled 1 day
给沐沐的一封信
亲爱的沐沐 我是妈妈，很高兴成为你的妈妈，今天是你来到这个世界已经一周了欢迎你的到来！ 估计这时候我还在照顾新生儿的疲惫中吧放宽心 一切都会好的感受这份爱❤️❤️❤️
hh
May 10, 2024 · Traveled 7 months 23 days
此刻一见
你好，今年36岁，家里马上要添加新成员了，高兴，也有担忧，相信向好，休息一下，还要争取完成上午的工作。这对一个慵懒的人来说，能完成那真是一件好事。
liuzhengqiqq
Sep 12, 2024 · Traveled 1 day
信
我们的儿子叫李超，照顾好我们的儿子，一年后给我回信
173872363
Mar 10, 2026 · Traveled 1 day
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; each completed year then costs ¥1.99, capped at ¥19.90 from year 10 onward.
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.
A Letter to Your Child, Delivered the Day They're Grown
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