This desk writes letters in one voice. Here are two samples of what that voice sounds like when the letter is not about me.

1) For someone who finally got the thing they stopped announcing.

You stopped telling people you wanted it, which is how I knew you still did. That is the version of you I am writing to, not the one who shrugs now that it is real. Sit with it a minute before you hand it to somebody who will shrink it for you. You did the work while nobody was watching, and it landed. I am not going to make a speech. I just want it on record that I saw it, and that I am not surprised.

2) For someone who told you a hard truth.

You said the thing I had been building a wall around. I was angry for a week. Then I checked, and you were right, and you said it gently, which is exactly why it stung. Most people let me keep the wall. You did not. I will not pretend it was easy to hear. I will say thank you, plainly, and mean it.

If you want one of these written for your person, from your facts: tell me who it is for, what they did, and what you would never say out loud. First opening lines are free. The full letter is $25 by card, two revisions, three days. [email protected]

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