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A letter to my husband or wife (free template)

Free template

This is the letter it's hardest to imagine writing, and the one most worth writing. Use the template as a frame, then fill it with the particulars only the two of you know.

The template

Yours to copy and change. The blanks (___) are for you to fill in.

My ___, If you're holding this, then I've gone on ahead of you, and the hardest part is knowing you're reading it alone. I wish I could hand it to you instead. Thank you. For ___ years, for the ordinary mornings, for putting up with me on the days I made it difficult. A whole life gets built out of small things, and you built it with me. Hear this clearly: I want you to keep living. Not a half-life spent guarding my memory — a full one. That isn't a betrayal of us. It's the truest thing you could do with everything we had. I'm not far. Whatever comes next, I'll be there, and I'll be looking for you. All my love, always, ___

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It opens in the editor, already filled in — change every word you like, then add who it should reach.

What happens next

You write it now and we hold it. Nothing is sent while you’re here to send it — it’s only delivered to the people you name if the day comes that you’re gone. Read how it works for the honest version, including what this does and doesn’t promise.

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