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Chapter 10 of 10

Letters to you, and what I'm learning

Words written now, to be read later.

  1. № 01

    A letter to them at the age they are right now.

  2. № 02

    What do you see in them that they don't yet see in themselves?

  3. № 03

    What do you want them to know about how much they are loved — in as specific a way as you can manage?

  4. № 04

    A letter for a day when things are hard.

  5. № 05

    A letter to them about a time in your own life you've never told them about.

  6. № 06

    What do you want them to know about where they come from?

  7. № 07

    What did your own parents get right — and what are you deliberately doing differently?

  8. № 08

    What part of your own childhood comes up in how you parent?

  9. № 09

    If you could tell them one thing about life that took you a long time to learn, what would it be?

  10. № 10

    What do you want them to know about who you are — not just as their parent?

  11. № 11

    What has being their parent taught you about yourself?

  12. № 12

    What's been the hardest part of this season of parenting for you personally?

  13. № 13

    What would you say to another parent going through exactly what you're going through?

  14. № 14

    What's one small thing you did this week that was enough?

  15. № 15

    What's the version of yourself that you most want your child to see?

  16. № 16

    What's something you've let go of — as a parent, as a person — that you're glad you released?

  17. № 17

    What has your child given you — beyond the role of parent?

  18. № 18

    What do you want to remember about who you were as their parent at this exact age?

  19. № 19

    A letter for their wedding day, or the day they find their person.

  20. № 20

    A letter for the day they become a parent, if they do.

  21. № 21

    What would you want them to have of yours — not objects, but pieces of you?