THE POSTSCRIPT PROJECT

for everything that comes after

Postscript: a note added to a completed letter.

Derived from the Latin word post scriptum, meaning “written after.”

The Postscript Project is an invitation to pause, to reflect, and to write.

Just as a postscript is a note added after a completed letter, each sentence shared here becomes a postscript — a glimpse of life after our mothers.

It is a place to record the stories we are still writing.

Here, we gather the updates we’ve been longing to share, the questions that rise to the surface, the truths we’re learning to name, and the milestones that mark the path forward.

All of it belongs here.

In every postscript, a life is remembered and a story carried forward.

How To Add Your Postscript

  • Online: Use the form below

  • Email: type it out and send it to:

    • hello@themourningpost.com

  • Mail: Put pen to paper and mail a physical letter to:

    • The Mourning Post, P.O. Box 64, Flagstaff, AZ 86002

Ideas For Your Postscript

  • An update on your life since she’s been gone

  • Words you never got to say

  • A question you’d like to ask her

  • A moment when you felt her absence deeply

  • Traditions, lessons, or pieces of wisdom you’re carrying forward

  • How her absence changed your perspective on life

Post(Your)Script

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