Introduction

 

These are the letters that I wrote after my son died. He died from a drug overdose. He was seventeen. The letters are in no order and follow no linear timeline. They are just my thoughts as I had them while confronting my grief over the death of my child. I didn’t start writing the letters until about nine months after he died. The letters are a way for me to try to disentangle my thoughts and feelings surrounding Garrett’s death. I loved him. I loved him and I still do right now love him.  

If you would like to hear a little bit about what it is like to grieve for someone you love, or if you are looking for something to resonate with because you have also lost someone you love, I invite you listen if doing so is helpful to you at all. Perhaps you might see yourself, or the person are missing.  

I will post a new letter every Saturday, and sometimes on Wednesdays, if they are shorter letters, until I am done. You can hit the subscribe button to be notified when a new letter is posted. It will take about a year to read the letters.

I want to say thank you to everyone who has walked with me on some part of this journey, and to those that are still there with me.