Congratulations to those moving on to round two of our writing contest: Write a letter to your children or future children
Hey All!
The challenge for this contest was to write a letter your child/children or future child/children. All the letters are amazing. Check them out and vote for your favorite.
Judges will select a winner, who will win a $250 prize. Also, we will have a bonus prize of $100 for whoever receives the most votes. Member votes count five times as…
For the Love of a Child: A Story of Flowers and Falls
Dear Poppyflower,
If you were born under different stars, I would have never thought to write this letter to you. These words here are for you and for you alone. They are for your love, for your trust, and for your care and understanding. You are a gift to me and my universe, dear Poppy, and in this letter you will find a narrative of our family…
To the beautiful ray of light that beamed through the windows of my hollow heart, in my darkest times. I never thought that I could need you more than you needed me. Before you were born, your dad and I were preparing ourselves for your arrival. We moved into a bigger home, I was nesting, we received many gifts from our family, your parents were…read more
“You inspire me to better …challenge me for the better. Sit back and let me pour out this love letter“ -destiny’s child
Dear future child (avianna),
I want you to know that everything that i am doing now is for you . Always have been , always will be . I want you to know that despite how scared I am or how much I’ve been through , I’ll keep pushing knowing that one day I’ll be pushing you to do the same . You are my source of inspiration without you even being…
I want to tell you the story of how your arrival into this world was the greatest surprise our friends and family have ever known. But before I share that story, I have to explain how we got here.
When Daddy and I built our house, it was an exhausting, tiresome, emotionally draining process, and we shared our…
Although I haven’t met you yet, I want you to know that I love you. With every fiber of my being, I feel a love coursing through my veins that only belongs to you. I dream of the day that you’re in my life, and I am brought to tears when I realize that moment won’t be happening any time soon.
I was hanging out with a good friend of mine the other day, and she asked me something that got me thinking. She said to me: “I’ve noticed the last couple times we hung out that you talk about the future and having kids, is that something you think about a lot?” I sat there for a minute reflecting, and then I responded; I explained to her that…
Since I became your mother at the age of sixteen, I always had the desire to seek a path that would lead me to being the best mother to you. At my current age now, I have finally found that path. Growing up, your mother endured a lot of mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical obstacles that led to some dark places. However, my…
I used to hear my mom, your grandma, say “everything happens for a reason” but it wasn’t until very late in my life that I surrendered to this truth. I wasted a lot of energy worrying about the hardships I was facing which ultimately lead to depression fear and avoidance. There is no doubt that trouble has a way of takin…
This is how I am overcoming my fear of being a mother
To my unborn child,
The first love I ever knew, and first pain I was introduced to, was my mother’s. And if you ever get the chance to come through me into this world, I’ll be yours too.
Because you’ll have grown inside my womb, where you’ll have eaten what I ate and felt all that I feel. And all of my patterns, whether I want them or not, will be…
Embarking on a self love and healing journey wasn’t something I had anticipated when I became pregnant with you son, but it wasn’t something I’d have been opposed to either. I knew the time had come for me as a woman to accept the blessings and work I’d been given in this life and despite the obstacles I’d face, I was ready. At 25 years old I can…
We come here completely perplexed about what lies between the before and after of our life in this world.
During our short time here, we have the opportunity to live a fantastic journey. Filled with joy and pain, love and suffering, the yin and yang of darkness and light. And through it all, we also really have no idea why…
I spent most of my years in high school fretting about my public image. I always had a constant worry of whether I fit in and how people perceived me. I believed I needed to be a certain way to be a certain way to be apart of the community. I was young and impressionable, and there wasn’t a person who could convince me to be myself.
The Intergenerational Path of Cinephiles and The Burning Desire to Keep Them Alive
Dear future cinephile, the child born into the next generation,
Hey, there, kid. You do not know me, nor will we cross paths, at least, not for a long time. However, I do know you. You are the chosen one, the child who will bring kindness and good fortune to those around you, who will be kind to the old people in grocery stores and pick up the…
In my childhood, I did not play with dolls excited to be a mother; in adulthood, my inner child felt scared of becoming a paradox of a mother like mine; kind, caring, protective, and devastatingly fleeting. I am a child of rejection—born after the death of my brother. I was the first of a long line of women in pursuit of a male o…
As much as I know I love you already more than you could ever know. You will never stop growing and will soon get to know yourself; like what you do or don’t want on your pizza! For now I can interest you in getting to know your creator. The one bringing you to the world of earth. I’m happy to welcome you to this world, but l…
Hi guys! I’m currently writing this at work in the year 2022, months before I turn 21. First, I want you to know how much I love you and how proud I am of all of you. I don’t know how many of you there will be or when, but I’m thinking ideally two. Either way, if there’s more of you or less, I want you to know that you’re…
I have dreamt of meeting you for the past two years. I saw you for the first time in a dream in August 2021. You came to me and introduced yourself as my daughter, you looked about 7 years old. I was amazed to see you. You look so beautiful and precious. I really love your smile, you seem to be quite intelligent and kind. Then I saw you again in…
Mommy is feeling rather out of body-ish right now, but I want to let you know some things. You ready?! We are sitting at the table on the patio. I was inspired to do this writing, because i love you two. I felt it was divine timing to have come across this challenge by The Unsealed. In this moment I am gazing at you, awaiting to answer…