Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them. ~Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A deeply personal foray into the power of the letter as we prepare for The Letter Reimagined: Four Weeks of Highly Specific Epistolary Writing, Starting September 25

Letters are radical devices because of their intimacy. In an age of cynicism and cynicism’s cousin sarcasm, letters – personal, intentional – are wrought out of a posture of authenticity. Epistles, especially when they take the form of one human being sharing their life with another, require a genuineness that many of our common literary forms (namely, the listicle) don’t demand. ~Micah Conkling, The Subversive Power of Letter Writing

Dear WITDers,

My dad died last Wednesday.

To the great many of you who’ve already offered your condolences, I’m so grateful for the love, the empathy, the wise but not prescriptive advice, the generosity, and most of all the total acceptance and immeasurable kindness.

This community is a buoy of love and wisdom.

Thank you.