27 Letters More

I have been writing letters all week.  Letters of grit and loss and letters of longing.  It has opened me and emptied me and left me feeling tender and in awe.

As Outlaw Letters comes to a close, I have so many more letters to write.  Maybe you do too.

So here’s a list of 27 letters you might want need to write.

1. A letter to your heart (or your feet or your hands)
2. A letter to the ancestor you never met
3. A letter to the smell of summer
4. A letter to the character in the book you adore
5. A letter to the competition
6. A letter to your fourth grade teacher (or 5th or 9th)
7. A letter to your muse
8. A letter to the place that has a piece of your heart
9. A letter that doesn’t want to be written
10. A letter that answers a letter you received
11. A valentine to your love
12. A letter to the work you left
13. A letter to your favorite song
14. A letter to the one who named you
15. A letter to a scar
16. A letter to 2025
17. A letter to someone you crush on
18. A letter to a friend you found–or who found you
19. A letter to the one who cracked you wide open
20. A letter to the one who taught you to write
21. A letter to the one who taught you to roar
22. A letter to your sixteen year old self
23. A letter to the one who taught you to listen
24. A letter to the one who taught you to care
25. A letter to the one who taught you to make out
26. A letter to betrayal
27. A letter to your next iteration

So, go write.  I will too.