Write the forgiveness letter you've been carrying. We deliver it back to you on the date you choose, sealed and untouched until you're ready.
Forgiveness doesn't usually arrive as a single decision. It arrives in small unguarded moments — an old song, a memory you didn't ask for, a quiet morning — and it asks for somewhere to land. Without somewhere to put it, the work just sits in your chest indefinitely. People talk a lot about forgiving, much less about the practice it actually requires. A letter is one of the simplest practices that exists.
You write the letter of forgiveness today — to a parent, an ex, a former friend, a stranger, or to yourself. You name the thing. You write what it took from you. You write what you're choosing to carry forward instead. You don't have to send it. You probably shouldn't send it, depending on who it's to. You just write it. Then we hold it for a year, sealed, untouched.
When it comes back to your mailbox the version of you opening it has had a full year of distance from the version who wrote it. The forgiveness, if it's real, has either deepened or it hasn't. Either way, the letter is now part of your record — physical proof that you sat down and named the thing and chose what to do with it. For many people, that's the moment forgiveness moves from intention to fact.
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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