Love Letters

Love letters. We love to get them. They make us feel special. Many times we tuck them away in a special place to savor them again, enjoying the way they make us feel loved and appreciated.

One woman makes her living writing love letters. They are not romantic, passionate letters written for couples. She writes letters to help children whose parents have cancer understand the illness and to help the parents write letters and books for the families they leave behind. They are stories the families can cherish long after their loved one has died.

Rachel Smith spends month, sometimes years, getting to know a family. Many times, as she goes about her day, she receives a text, letting her know a person she has helped has died. She cries, not the gut-wrenching tears of someone who has lost a personal loved one, but the tears of someone who has grown close to a family whose world has just shattered.

When recording books for people, she often hears them say they have no regrets; they just wish they had more time. That’s when she creates time in her life “to refill her cup” so that she can go back again and help another person share the meaningful moments of her life for her family members to always cherish.

Read Ms. Smith’s loving and moving story here.