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Love, Heidi

What I really want to say

The letter I really want to send my in-laws.

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Heidi Czerkes
Jun 07, 2025
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One of the first letters I shared on this substack was a letter to my in-laws.

This letter wasn’t false, by any means.

But it also wasn’t true.

There was SO MUCH MORE that I wanted to tell them. So much more heartbreak that I wanted to express.

But I didn’t. At the time, I still had hope for reconciliation with them (I wrote it right after we went no contact with them).

Now, nearly two months later, after birthdays and holidays, there’s so much more that I want to say. So today, I want to write a new letter. A truer letter. One that comes from my heart.

So let’s do that.

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