A sad fact of life is that we rarely tell people we love how much they mean to us. This activity affords us the opportunity to, at least, put in writing what we would like to say.

Choose one person who is important to you-this may be someone in your family or a close friend. Imagine if you would never see them again, and that you had the opportunity to write them one last letter. Think of what you would like to put in that letter and write it down. This letter may include:

• What do you most value about that person?
• What would you miss about that person if you never saw each other again?
• What things do you wish you could have heard from that person?
• What do you wish you had said?
• What was the happiest moment you shared with that person?
• What one thing do you wish you could change about your relationship with that person?
• What one aspect of your relationship with this person are you grateful for?
• What emotions do you think you would experience if you could never see that person again? Bring a copy of this letter with you to class. We will not read them in class, but will use them as a springboard for discussion.

  You may wish to mail this letter to the person. If you do, I would appreciate hearing about what resulted from the other person receiving this letter from you.