Write a handwritten letter today for your child's wedding day. We'll hold it safely and deliver it on the exact date — the letter that lands next to their bouquet, in your handwriting, from their parent.
A wedding is one of the few days in a parent's life where everything they've worked toward comes into focus at once. You raised a person — a whole human being — and today they are standing up in front of everyone they love, committing to someone new, stepping into a version of their life you won't be the main character of anymore. The toast you give captures a little of it. The walk down the aisle captures a little more. But most of what you feel as a parent on a wedding day doesn't fit into any of the day's existing rituals.
A letter is where it does fit. You write it months ahead — sometimes years ahead — before the wedding day arrives. You say the things that won't fit into the toast. What you've watched them become. What you hope for the marriage. The specific things about them that you're proud of. What you wish for them in the decades ahead. What you want them to remember about where they come from as they build the new family. You seal it. We hold it. And on the wedding day itself, the letter arrives in the mail.
They'll open it at some point on the wedding day — during getting-ready, or in a quiet moment between the ceremony and reception, or at the end of the night alone for the first time as a married person. They'll read it in your handwriting. And they'll have something from that day that isn't a photograph or a video or a thank-you card: a letter, from their parent, said directly, kept permanently. They'll take it into the marriage with them. They'll read it again on their first anniversary, their tenth, their kids' weddings. That's the gift.
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!
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It only takes 20 minutes. The moment it lands will be worth years.
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