What to Write Someone Before a Big Trip
A letter that opens partway through a journey hits differently than a text at the gate. Here's what to put in one.
Anchor it to a moment in the trip
Reference where they'll be when they read it. The specificity is the magic.
- Somewhere over the ocean
- The first morning in a new city
- The boring stretch of highway
- The night before they come home
Keep it one page
A few honest lines beat a wall of text. Say the thing you'd be too shy to say in person.