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
给大黑黑
还记得三年前的今天吗？现在的生活我在做月子，你还在农商行上班，马上你就要去体检了，我们的宝宝现在健康的长大着，不知道三年后的我们生活咋样？宝宝还像现在这么乖吗？你进入财政所了吗？工作咋样？我还在农商行上班吗？可考上公务员了呢？可辞职了呢?
mjj
2019.08.11
光哥你好
光哥： 不知道你现在成功没有，现在还在第一份工作这里上班。孩子未出生6个月，再有三个月就要当爸爸了。还是一事无成，现在的我信用卡都还不清，生活特别艰苦现在孩子应该是快5岁了，如果你还一事无成，请努力，请努力！
n1567
2016.07.07
坚定目标，勇往直前！
亲爱的儿子，你要妈妈给未来的你写信。这是件有趣又好玩的事想想二十年后你都二十j九岁了，成家了吗？生孩子了吗？妈妈期待你，坚定自己的目标，勇往直前，善待家人，善待他人，做一个善良而有爱的人！
n3735
2018.11.23
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
2024.05.10
其其。收
懒婆娘现在还懒不懒阿！还是不是依然傻呼呼的阿！身边还有没有臭老公陪伴阿！过的开不开心？馨馨还喜不喜欢你这个姑姑阿！！还让不让你抱的？ 好吧啰嗦了！
Phoebe_Baby
2013.04.21
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
2024.09.12
我爱你
小家伙你收到这封信的时候，我不知道我还在不在你身边。这是来自俩年前信，我只说一句话，我爱你。如果我不在，也祝你幸福美满。_____钟国胜
n5496
2020.11.28
给小夏的一封信
哈哈哈！今天是2020年12月1日，没错这是一封来自未来的邮件。小夏收到这封邮件的时候应该十八岁啦！祝小姑娘生日快乐！说真的挺想你的
sml
2020.12.01
写给小朋友
宝贝，我猜你看到这个的时候一定很懵，但你不要害怕，这不是广告，也不是骗子，这是你的玉玉3年前给你发的(●°u°●) 」没想到吧
n5683
2020.11.28
给未来的张越泽
距离你出生已经有10年了我想你一点长得很高很帅性格很好是一个每天爱笑的孩子没有任何的病痛健康茁壮的成长你要记得你是我最爱的宝贝
n3397
2018.09.02
写给我亲爱的儿子
亲爱的，儿子，您好，我是你爸爸。给你写这封信没有什么特别的事，就是想看看这个网站能不能用，为啥，我以前给你发的邮件你都没收到呢
小野罗卜
2018.05.08
未来的吕逍扬
爸爸亲手写给你的 这是我3月14号写给你的 咱俩在一起好久了丫 也不知道这个时候咱俩还在一起不 肯定还在一起的
qqqq
2017.05.07
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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