EST. 2026
· You can't make this up · The newsletter for functioning adults · Submit your wattalife moment · You can't make this up ·
Vol. I / No. 1799
Tag

letters

Family Aug 6, 2026

Her mother has dementia. She has been writing weekly letters to the version of her mother who is no longer available, for nine years.

A woman in Ann Arbor has, for the past nine years, been quietly writing weekly letters to the specific version of her mother that her mother's dementia has taken. Her mother is still alive. She has…
Read the receipts →
Love Jul 23, 2026

They have been married for twelve years. They have written each other a sentence every night for the past four.

A couple in Charleston has, for the past four years, written each other a single sentence at the end of every day and placed it in a small wooden box on their bedroom dresser. Neither of…
Read the receipts →
Work Jul 22, 2026

The employees at a small Nebraska water plant have been writing letters to their eventual replacements for twenty-nine years.

Seven employees at a small municipal water treatment plant in central Nebraska have, over twenty-nine years, developed the specific practice of writing letters to whoever will be doing their jobs after they retire. Every new employee…
Read the receipts →