http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters daily 0.75 2024-09-23 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/elegance monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/intuition monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1567802613078-QO10MYH4JPSWE2VPYXUT/hadley_2019 Letters - INTUITION You, during your summer of 7. It’s a joy to watch you storm around with certainty, sure of your self and your plans. You are a force. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/knowing monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/kindness monthly 0.5 2026-03-07 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/space monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1539364465654-6Y2Q3X7612RWJDLH1BP9/hadley_tooth.JPG Letters - SPACE Proof! http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/sensitivities monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/hair monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1550591413321-P39ELS8KYIGTMXB0QCUV/GEORGIA+OKEEFE.jpg Letters - HAIR Here’s a photo that served as my full bush inspiration. “Georgia O’Keeffe—Torso, 1918” by Alfred Stieglitz. The first time I saw this photo (it was sent it me by one of my favorite people, a beloved friend who has always lived comfortably in her own body) I felt overwhelmed by the power, strength, beauty. Her strong legs and full breasts and that proud mound of wild black. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/impermanence monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1625774018361-AUME73MFWFIDDYYIO0UR/IMG_0875.JPG Letters - IMPERMANENCE - Make it stand out You and Gram Gram, out for a wheelchair ride. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/remembering-1 monthly 0.5 2023-05-04 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/straightness monthly 0.5 2023-08-03 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/bodies monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/brothers monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493748475892-CDBPC94YWJG89FIENOCA/image-asset.jpeg Letters - BROTHERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493747999921-GL4V5ST9AYFR69RGH52G/AIDEN Letters - BROTHERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493749218175-GGTXD6UJFSRCADL5PA4W/image-asset.jpeg Letters - BROTHERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493749748063-5GR04AZDCNEGVYQ4AAYL/NICK_AIDEN Letters - BROTHERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493749582070-C1JMRMOO2M6KRKCD9RGQ/NICK_EMERSON Letters - BROTHERS Hadley, here are some pictures from this past Christmas. Your brother. And my brother. And your brother and your sister and my mom. And your brother and my brother together. And my brother and your sister. People made of the same and different stuff, you know? https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1493747202911-FBX8N28L2NGP029JNIF9/NICK_LIZ Letters - BROTHERS Here's a kind of blurry picture of your Uncle Nick and me in Mexico. On that trip when we realized that we actually liked each other. And when I realized that, "holy shit, we look a lot alike." We do, don't we? http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/numbers monthly 0.5 2017-03-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1488425819935-0417AN2G672WP9L931QQ/HADLEY_FIVE1 Letters - NUMBERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1488425934333-CMQIKLUCOC8LZU55BYZ7/HADLEY_FIVE2 Letters - NUMBERS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1488425959120-SSLK6G81JEM1SNF9OFR2/image-asset.jpeg Letters - NUMBERS Three pictures of you, just two months before you turned five. So you can look back and see, "oh, that's what almost five looked like for me." You are such creative happiness. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/words monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/power monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/thirty monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/gratitude monthly 0.5 2019-12-08 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/beauty monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469048239050-AIO5N36HIXCJOUDH3VB4/image-asset.jpeg Letters - BEAUTY Had, as I write this letter, here's my view. The snow has been falling all morning, slowly weighing down the branches and covering the banks of the sleepy river. My favorite thing about this picture is that it looks black and white, but its not. Those are just the true colors of this beautiful world right now. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/sisters monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1475723794290-H9G841XUH5XNDISZUDKO/LizSarah Letters - SISTERS A favorite of your mom and me. I think she must have been about 3 here. Preschool. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1475723966387-B50OGEDBYS9M8FQWGIK1/hadleyemerson Letters - SISTERS A favorite of you and Emerson (and not even just because E is wearing a onesie with my name on it—but partially because of that.). Rolling around on the floor together with your limbs all over the place. I think she's about one and a half here. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/perfection monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/possibility monthly 0.5 2019-12-08 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/luck monthly 0.5 2017-03-02 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/karma monthly 0.5 2019-12-08 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/sleep monthly 0.5 2016-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469048001302-TH99HCISXLR4H77XSOFD/image-asset.jpeg Letters - SLEEP Here's a recent picture of you napping with your sister. Your arm thrown over Emerson's neck is the best. Your mom sends me pictures of you sleeping all the time and I couldn't love anything more. This particular picture reminds me of my favorite picture of your mom and me napping together when we were little. I think I was almost exactly the age you are right now. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469048016998-WM048682LRIEND97NQXP/download.png Letters - SLEEP http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/change monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/zits monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469047708707-POSW4CU4BVZNJH4EBLYN/image-asset.jpeg Letters - ZITS One of my favorite parts of seeing pictures from when I was a kid is looking at how nice my skin always looked. You don't appreciate it until thirteen hits. Here's a nice one for you to look back on. Cousin Katie took it this past summer. Your skin is all porcelain right now. And your smile is the very best thing I know. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/storms monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469047471929-FZ2BWM2Z2Z35UWF87QDD/unnamed-1.jpg Letters - STORMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469047471987-KH9MKYFP7NOJ0KVX2V49/unnamed.jpg Letters - STORMS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469047536750-5BZZHQP17GTP817JGGYW/image-asset.png Letters - STORMS Here's a sign I saw at a store in London. Of all the beautiful things for sale, this was not. So I bought nothing and took this picture. Its a good reminder, so I look at it all the time. Now you can love it too, if you want. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/timing monthly 0.5 2023-09-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469046811284-2DQ3FYXP6TOAZ8D03NBW/IMG_4156.jpeg Letters - TIMING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469046811287-TR62EQTFL9DFPC07OVRF/IMG_4157+%281%29.jpeg Letters - TIMING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469046863921-4MPQEAL6S3B6CX0UAID7/IMG_4159.jpeg Letters - TIMING https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469046881545-XTIIIPCFF9W45WSOS8PI/unnamed-2.jpg Letters - TIMING http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/thinking monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469048161819-N06J2PD1B6GXE74KXI81/image-asset.jpeg Letters - THINKING Here's a picture from a few years ago. You loved reading by yourself before you could even read. It's not surprising – both of your parents are serious readers. The thing I remember most about your mom from when we were little were the stacks of books she left all over the house, in all of the bathrooms. Your mind is beautiful—keep filling it with whatever interests you. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/fighting monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/little-things monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/solitude monthly 0.5 2019-02-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469046475527-IK2YZ0Z292VKSQPOTUI9/image-asset.jpeg Letters - SOLITUDE Hadley, your mom sent me this picture a few weeks ago. You'd just had a big tantrum, fighting so hard you wore yourself out and slept through dinner. I love it as a reminder to give in to whatever you're feeling. And to send yourself to sleep when a recharge is in order. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/quiet monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469047635538-8MHAWPUA4HDIMLAJEOQV/image-asset.jpeg Letters - QUIET Had—this pic doesn't have much to do with quiet. But it's the most recent picture of us that I have and it's a good capture of how old you were when you first cried because of the singing. Also: I love your long little leg and your big toe. And I love your parents and your sister and that you still let me scoop you up and hold you. http://www.letterstohadley.com/letters/periods monthly 0.5 2025-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/578f8076bebafbdbc7963839/1469042688351-UA5XY6AVEG78U60LEHTH/image-asset.jpeg Letters - PERIODS Hadley, as I finish writing this, it's 2015 and the internet is up in arms about this photo. I hope that by the time you read this letter, this picture doesn't seem remotely scandalous. I hope that ten years from now, when you're a teenager, this whole topic will be completely free from the weight of stigma and shame, as it should be. 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