A Time Capsule Letter
A First Birthday Time Capsule Letter
The first year is unrepeatable. Write it down before it blurs.
You are sleep-deprived right now, certain you will never forget the smell of their head or the sound of that one laugh. You will. Parents lose 60% of their first-year specifics within five years. This is the letter you write before that happens.
Write it now, set delivery for their second birthday. The letter arrives in your mailbox on the morning your one-year-old turns two — and the words from this version of your kid's life are still in the envelope, exactly as you sealed them.
What to Capture
The details that go first
Skip the milestones. The internet has milestones. Capture the unrepeatable specifics.
- — The exact food they refused to eat this month
- — The single noise that made them stop crying every time
- — The way they say a word that they will say correctly in six months
- — What the nursery smells like at 3 AM
- — The song you played 400 times
- — The book they have memorized that you have read 200 times
- — Who they look like today (will not be who they look like at five)
- — The first joke they laughed at, even though they did not get it
- — What you are afraid of as a parent that you have not told anyone
- — What kind of person you think they will be
When To Mail It
Pick the milestone that matters
Their 2nd Birthday
Our longest delivery window. The first year mailed on the start of the second — perfect symmetry.
Mother's/Father's Day
The first parenting holiday after the first year. A letter from one-year-ago-you to current-you.
Your Anniversary
The year you became parents, anniversaried. A first-year letter that arrives on the day your marriage gained a person.
Simple Pricing
One payment. No subscription.
$9 digital or $19 handwritten — both arrive sealed.
Digital Future Letter
$9
Type online. We print on cream, seal with wax, mail on the date you pick.
Mail-in Handwritten
$19
Handwrite it, mail to us, we store sealed and mail on your date.
Frequently Asked
The short version
Why mail it on the 2nd birthday and not later?
Our delivery window caps at two years out for now. A first-birthday letter mailed on the second birthday is the longest gap we support — and honestly, two years is plenty for the first year to feel like a different lifetime. You can write a new letter every year as part of an annual tradition.
What should I actually write about?
The specific stuff: how they smelled after a bath, the food they hated, the way they fell asleep on you in the rocking chair, the song that worked when nothing else did. Parental memory researchers find 60% of first-year specifics fade within five years. The descriptions outlast the memories.
Can I start an annual tradition?
Yes — and many parents do. Write one letter on each birthday, set delivery for the next one or for a future milestone (18th birthday is the popular target). Each letter is a separate $9 or $19 order, since each is a separate physical envelope.
Is the letter private?
Completely. We never read it. Handwritten letters stay sealed from the moment they arrive. Digital letters are encrypted until the morning we print and mail them.
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