The Long Letter

Every mother is in more than one

The seasons

Choose the one that feels loudest right now. You can change it anytime, just by telling me.

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Five seasons, each with its own letters

Each season is a series of twelve letters, one a month, written to you by name. Your first letter is free.

Doing It Alone

For mothers raising children on their own.

The series: The First Year Alone

Twelve letters for the year nobody prepares you for. It begins with what you still have, not what you lost.

Begin in this season

Coming Apart

For mothers going through separation or divorce.

The series: The Year Things Changed

Twelve letters for the year a family becomes two homes. How the process works in plain words, and who you are becoming on the other side.

Begin in this season

Somewhere Safer

For mothers leaving, or healing from, a relationship that wasn't safe.

The series: Room To Breathe

Twelve letters for feeling safe in your own life again. You choose how they reach you, so nothing arrives where it isn't safe.

Begin in this season

Small Hands

For mothers of babies and little ones.

The series: The Small Years

Twelve letters for the fog of the early years, and for finding yourself again inside it.

Begin in this season

The Provider

For mothers who earn well, carry everything, and are told they have nothing to complain about.

The series: The Weight Nobody Sees

Twelve letters for the mother the whole house depends on, and is told she has nothing to complain about.

Begin in this season

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Five more are coming

Each one opens when enough women are waiting for it. Tell me which you would like, and I will write to you the day it opens.

The Leaving YearFor mothers whose children are heading out into the world.
Back At The DeskFor mothers studying, or going back to school.
Building SomethingFor mothers starting a business of their own.
Starting AgainFor mothers dating, or loving someone new.
Caring For ThemFor mothers caring for a parent, a partner, or someone else they love.

One email when it opens. Nothing else.

You're on the list. I'll write the day it opens.

Cynthia