FOR THOSE FACING SERIOUS ILLNESS
Say what you need
them to hear.
There are things you want the people you love to know. Words you have thought about but never quite said. If You Read This gives you a way to write those things down and make sure they arrive, no matter what.
See how it worksYour words. Your timing. Your control.
Write a message for each person.
Something for your partner. Something for your children. Something for a friend who has always been there. Each message is personal, written entirely in your own words, and kept private until it needs to be sent.
Check in on your own schedule.
Opening the app resets the clock. Set your interval for whatever feels right: daily, weekly, or longer. As long as you keep checking in, nothing is sent. You stay in control.
If you go quiet, they hear from you.
Miss your check-in and don't respond to reminders? Your messages are delivered automatically by SMS to the people you chose. They hear from you, in your own voice, exactly as you wrote it.
EXAMPLE MESSAGE
My darling, if you're reading this, I want you to know that every single day with you has been the greatest gift of my life. I need you to know I am at peace, and I need you to be too, when the time comes. The things I wrote for you are in the blue folder in my desk. I love you more than I ever found the words to say.
What your contact receives by SMS if you miss a check-in.
"There are things I want my kids to know that I have never said out loud. This is how I make sure they hear them."
The words are already in you.
Write them down. We will make sure they arrive.
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