Last Letter

[Truth]

No one lives forever.
Suppose one of your parents dies.
A few days later you find a letter addressed to you from that parent.
It is a last message for you from your parent.
How would you feel ?

1. very happy to have it

2. glad to have it

3. OK with it

4. not sure

5. other

 

[snowwhitemom]

I would not only be happy but thrilled to have it. Letters (especially hand written) are one of my greatest treasures and always will be. Dead or not

 

[Buckalew]

 

[Serena]

I would be very happy to have it. But scared to death to read it. I'd read it anyway, though.

 

[browneyes]

If it was from my mom, I'd be very happy to have it. If it was from my dad, I'd be hesitant to open it.

 

[dianeschlicht]

My mother didn't just leave a letter, but a whole hand written book for my dad and me! It has been 10 years since she passed away, and I still like to go read it once in awhile. Sometimes just to see her handwritting.

 

[snoopy]

I found a letter my mother had written me before she died. I didn't find it until several years after she wrote it. I had very mixed feelings about opening it, but in the end I am glad I read it. Its a cherished keepsake, although I only read it the one time. For some reason, I can look at pictures of my mom, even see her on videotape, but seeing her handwriting makes me so sad.

 

[Gail T AGAIN]

I would open it fast. I am very sentimental so i save everything but to me that would be the ultimate. My mom died at 71, I was going on 40. Now in that era (in my family at least) we never said I love you, you were just suppose to know. Just before she died I said to her, "I Love you" she said it back to me. Those words are inbedded in my mind. Oh, I wish I had my mom back, she was the backbone to my family, brother father and my son and myself. Oh BYW, I say to my son everyday no matter what, I LOVE YOu, that is so important for him to know, he is going on 21 and he will here that every single day till I am gone.

 

[holycow]

It actually depends on the type of relationship I was I was having with the parent...were we close...or distant....

My poor DH got one of those letters and I wish to high heaven I would have thrown it in the trash....all my father in law wrote is that he didn't think my DH would even amount to anything and that he wouldn't be a good husband and father....

The killer though was when the other siblings read their letters aloud at church and FIL told them how proud he was of them and what wonderful people they were...blah, blah , blah....unfortuanately my DH was the product of a first marriage that Father in law would have liked to forget!...

Oh, it just makes my blood boil thinking about it!!

The cruelty of people....even in death!

HC

 

[helenabear]

I have two letters from my mom before she died... they are something I will cherish forever.

 

[JAP]

Very Happy to have it!

 

[JohnTBap]

I would love it. I save things. I am that way.

 

[Truth]

Thanks to the people that took the time to vote in this poll.

A fellow internet surfer thought it might seem spooky to her children

to get a Letter from her after her death. It seemed like a very good

idea but the extra input & feedback from the Dis helps confirm it.

Thanks again,

 

[caitycaity]

i would love it!

 

[Dan Murphy]

Just saying hello, Truth.

 

[shep]

I would like to have it...

 

[catsrule]

i would love it.