People have been asking you how long is too long to wait to send a letter of condolence.

I lost my 25-year-old daughter almost 30 years ago.

This past April I received a five-page anonymous letter from a guy who went to school with her.

From his memories he obviously had a crush on her.

I cried the entire time I was reading the letter not because it made me sad but because even after all this time she is not forgotten and someone still thinks about her.

I have kept the letter and pull it out from time to time and re-read it.

Thank you to the person who sent the letter. So if you have a letter to send, no matter how long it’s been, do it!

– Grateful Mom

Dear Mom: This is a beautiful testimony to the power of a letter to unleash memories and lift up a life.

This inspires me to suggest a great project for the new year – to write a letter telling the story of a person from your past who is gone but will never be forgotten, and send that letter to their next of kin.