Forever Letters

Your words are valuable.

Meet Lindsay.

Your Letter-Writing Partner

Hey You,

Your love is the greatest asset of your life, and your words are worth more than you realize. The parent-child relationship, in particular, carries value beyond measure.

I help parents write what I call Forever Letters. These are the letters that get kept and treasured. Our written words have the power to ignite emotions, provide comfort, strengthen connection, heal pain and inspire hope. Memories are trickyfading and changing with timebut words can be precisely preserved.

Articulating sentiments in writing doesn't come easily for all, but it's what I do best. This work is my honor and joy. Let's connect.

xo Lindsay

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Kinds of Forever Letters...

Legacy Letter

End-of-life love letter to one's child that accompanies a will and becomes a valuable part of one's legacy.

Life Letter

Time-capsule love letter that preserves a phase of life that's ordinary at present, but will one day exist only in memories.

Launch Letter

Moment-marking love letter on the brink of your child's big launch (graduation, career, marriage, parenthood).

The Benefits of Letter-Writing:

Whether you are planning for end-of-life or wanting to capture some aspect of your parental experience, forever-letter-writing tends to be overwhelmingly positive, important, purposeful, relieving, and (surprisingly) fun. You'll gain:

01

Peace of mind

Inner calm is the result of knowing that your sentiments are thoughtfully expressed. Specifically for Legacy Letters, knowing that the aftermath of your death will be punctuated (for them) with your personal connection is a relief.

02

Closeness

Prepare to discover a deeper, soul-level connection with your child once you've landed on actual words that explain your feelings. The closeness comes from reflecting on and articulating who you consider your child to be, what your relationship means to you, your hopes for their individual becoming, and your most valuable advice and insights for their continued growth.

03

Gratitude

Forever Letter writing organically unearths many spots of gratitude, and that simple awareness of your gratitude is profoundly positive.

Lindsay’s patience and gentle prompting made such an overwhelming subject approachable. She has such a gift.

— Patricia H.

letter options

Independent Letter

For those wanting framework and personalized inspiration to independently write their Forever Letter .

  • 2-hour live Clarity Call over Zoom with Lindsay to help shape your ideas and sentiments
  • Lindsay’s detailed call notes and insights
  • Easy-to-follow template for your Forever Letter writing

$300

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Polished Letter

For those wanting to write their Forever Letter with the fine-tuning and feedback of an English teacher + writer.

  • Everything listed in Independent Letter
  • (1) round of Lindsay's editorial polish

$500

Custom Letter

For those wanting their thoughts efficiently transformed into their ideal Forever Letter.

  • 2-hour live Clarity Call over Zoom with Lindsay to gather info and become acquainted with your unique voice
  • Ghost-written Forever Letter by Lindsay within 10 days
  • (1) round of client feedback on first draft
  • (1) re-write by Lindsay into a polished copy

$700

FAQs

Do you offer other writing services?

Yes, I also ghost write for toasts, eulogies, obituaries, occasion letters, Forever Letters to aging parents, or the like. My standard $150/hr rate applies. Inquire directly with me via email at connect@theeverwell.com or by scheduling a Discovery Call.

Can I read examples of your letter-writing?

I'm happy to share examples of letters I've written after we've connected on a Discovery Call. Because of the highly personal nature of my clients' letters, and my commitment to maintaining confidentiality, examples are restricted to my personal letters. My writing can be found on my Substack and YouTube channel.

Why leave a Legacy Letter?

The aftermath of death, for the grieving survivors, is largely administrative, and the focus is mostly on one kind of worth—one’s net worth: assets, estate, ownership, inheritance, etc. There's a huge gaping hole when it comes to personal worth: the value of who you’ve been, and how you’ve loved, and the worth of your unique parent-child relationship. Wills, by design, are void of emotion. And yet, emotions are, arguably, the most valuable part of human life.

Including a Foever Letter in your end-of-life planning, shines light on and honors a lifetime of parental love, devotion and connection. And it enables your voice and sentiments to guide your child through the process of estate administration after your death.

Will my Legacy Letter be included in my will?

Great question! You'd think it should be. The truth is that a love letter is not a legal matter. Lawyers must keep emotions out of the will entirely. Trust and estate plans and directives must be black and white; and emotions, by nature, live in the grays of life. After writing your Forever Letter, you can request that your lawyer keeps it as a "side letter" that gets delivered alongside the will. Or, alternatively, my recommendation is that you keep a distinct folder or fireproof safe at home that your next of kin knows to open at the time of your passing. Your Forever Letter can live there until it's read by the intended recipient.

What is ghost-writing?

When a professional writer writes on your behalf, as if they are you. For a Custom Letter, I will write your letter as if I'm you, based on all the details and information collected in the Clarity Call.

I didn't know legacy letters was a thing. Is it?

Well, sort of. Ethical wills, also referred to as legacy letters, are a place to capture one’s personal values, beliefs, love, gratitude and apologies. And the practice of writing them has existed for millennia, but is an uncommon practice in the modern age of end-of-life preparations. But the practice of encapsulating one’s experience of parenthood in a direct love letter to one’s child is a practice that some think to do independently, but it's not protocol with will and estate planning. (Will & Estate Lawyers typically aren't interested in or equipped to handle the emotional side of deathI've asked many of them, and they're the first to say it.)

The term Forever Letter is one that I've coined, and my hope is to normalize love letter writing as part of end-of-life planning. To learn more, I describe the genesis of Forever Letters here. And I open up about my experience of writing Forever Letters to my three kids here.

If I have more than one child and want to write individual letters to each, how does pricing work ?

Each letter option outlines the price for (1) letter with one recipient. That's because each recipient of a Forever Letter requires their own 2-hour Zoom call to gather all the details of the relationship that are required to write the letter. For each requested sibling letter, clients receive a $100 discount on listed pricing.

How do I begin?

Let's talk and see if we're meant to be letter-writing partners. Connect directly with me via email at connect@theeverwell.com or by scheduling a free Discovery Call below.

Lindsay Hurty, Ed.M., is a Harvard-educated self-development specialist and the founder of Everwell and Self School. A talented writer—and former high school English teacher—Lindsay's writing can be found on her Substack and YouTube channel.