FOR WHAT A TEXT CAN'T SAY
A letter in your own handwriting — not typed, not generated, yours. Your voice is a scan away. But twenty years from now, it's the letter they'll pull out and read.
Inspired by Ashlynne ♡ — read her story
2001 – 2015
Penpals began with my daughter, Ashlynne. We lost her to cancer in 2015.
After she passed, we found a journal we never knew she kept — her feelings, her struggles, her own handwriting filling page after page. Of everything she left behind, nothing means more. She is on those pages. Every time I read them, I can feel her.
A Priceless Penpal is the letter I wish we could have exchanged: my words to her on real paper, my voice reading them aloud — and hers back to me. What I wouldn't give to hold that letter and hear that recording today.
There's no wrong person to send one to. A grandparent nearing the end of their story. A child in the fight of their life. A brother or sister who's drifted away. If someone you love has words worth keeping — don't wait.
— William, Ashlynne's dad
HOW IT WORKS
Send one to someone you love — or gift a kit and ask for the letter you've always wanted.
Beautiful stationery, heart-opening prompts, and your QR card, delivered by post.
Let the prompts guide the words. Put them on paper, then scan your QR and record yourself saying them.
They read your handwriting, scan the card, and watch you — as many times as they need.
FOR ANYONE YOU LOVE
A grandparent, a parent, a child, a brother or sister, an old friend who's drifted apart — no occasion required. Just someone whose voice is worth keeping forever.
Dear Grandma — your hugs still fix everything. I just never say it.
Send her yours ✦Dear Grandpa — nobody hugs like you do. I hope I never get too big for one.
Send him yours ✦Dear Grandma — I still hear your voice in every story I read. Tell me one more?
Send her yours ✦To the two of you — may you always talk like this.
Send them yours ✦Dad — the world got loud, and you're still the safest, quietest place I know.
Send him yours ✦Mom — you still think of me first, every single time. I noticed. I always did.
Send her yours ✦You still make me laugh until I can't breathe. All these years, my friend.
Send her yours ✦To my sister — my first friend and my forever one. I'd be lost without you.
Send her yours ✦You were never just my friends — you're the family I chose. I love you three.
Send them yours ✦Dear Dad — I'm counting the days too. Come home safe. I'm so proud of you.
Send your hero yours ✦CHOOSE YOUR TIER
Each tier builds on the last. Every tier includes your personal video message.
✦ 10% of every Priceless Penpal supports families fighting cancer.
$34
A guided letter kit for someone you love — four Fabriano Medioevalis cards, an envelope, and a QR card that plays your video.
$44
Everything in the Letter — and your video is kept forever, in a keepsake sleeve.
$89
Four letters' worth, for four people — every video kept forever, all in a box.
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