Write a handwritten letter to honor a pregnancy loss. We'll deliver it on a date you choose — the anniversary, a due date, or a day you want to mark privately. A permanent place for words no one else may ever see.
Pregnancy loss is one of the most private griefs there is. Most people around you don't know what to say. Some never knew you were pregnant. The memorial — if there is one — happens in the quiet, on days only you and maybe your partner remember. The baby you lost exists in a small, painful corner of your life that doesn't fit into the public rituals grief usually has. And that can make the loss feel invisible, even when it's shaping everything.
A letter gives that grief a place. You write to the baby, or to yourself, or to the version of your life that didn't happen. You describe what you were feeling when you found out you were pregnant. What you hoped. The name you were going to use. What it's been like to carry this loss that not everyone around you sees. You write whatever needs to be written, in your own handwriting, without anyone else reading. Then you mail it to us. We hold it safely, sealed. And on a date you choose — the anniversary of the loss, the original due date, a quiet day that's always yours — it arrives in your mailbox.
It's not a letter for anyone else. It's a private document of a love that existed, and does still exist, in a form no one else gets to decide is valid. Some customers keep the letter sealed and place it in a keepsake box. Others read it on the delivery day and find it gives them something to do with grief that doesn't have another shape. You get to decide. It's yours. The baby was yours too.
Three simple steps. One beautiful moment, later.
Pour your heart onto paper. Use our Letter Helper if you'd like prompts. You decide when it should be opened — 1 year or 2 years from now.
Mail your sealed letter to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe — untouched, unopened, waiting.
On your chosen date, we mail your original, handwritten letter with tracking. Your words arrive exactly when they're meant to.
Your letter is in safe hands
You're trusting us with something irreplaceable. Here's what we do about that.
Letters are stored in climate-controlled, fireproof safes — not filing cabinets or cardboard boxes. We treat every letter as irreplaceable, because to someone, it is.
Every letter ships with an active tracking number, so you (or the recipient) know exactly when it's on its way.
If your address changes before your delivery date, email us anytime and we'll update your file. Your letter follows you — no extra fee.
If Hold My Letter ever closes, every stored letter is immediately mailed back to the sender's return address. No exceptions.
One letter. One delivery. One beautiful moment when it returns.
Emailed on your chosen date between 6 months and 2 years out. Add physical mailing for a small fee. Available worldwide — the right choice if you're writing to (or from) outside the United States.
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
One-time payment
+$12 to add physical mailing (first address)
Physical mailing add-on: +$12 for the first address. Each additional unique address: +$2.
The original Hold My Letter experience. Handwrite your letter, seal the envelope, and mail it to our PO Box. We store it in a climate-controlled, fireproof safe until your chosen delivery date — then send it back with tracking, still sealed.
One-time payment
One-time payment
🇺🇸 Currently available for US addresses only. International shipping coming soon!
Everything you need to know, answered plainly.
It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.
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