Easter letter from Boston friend

Sunday 4/5/26

To a friend's daughter but relevant to all, I think.

Dear (),

It is your friend Colin in Boston again. I was thinking about you this morning because it’s Easter.

I like Easter because it’s the holiday that reminds us we can rise again. That’s not a religion thing or a God thing. It’s a person thing.

The thing about rising up is that it’s not something we should stop doing. Rising doesn’t mean, “Oh, I’m here now, time to take a load off, that’s done.”

You’ve done a great job. I haven’t spoken to your dad in a bit, but I feel like it won’t be long until you go home.

I want to say something to you that maybe someone else hasn’t said. Or maybe they have.

You don’t need to be perfect. It’s okay to struggle. Struggling doesn’t take away the progress we’ve made. Especially if we make sure not to let it do that.

The way we do this is by being kind to ourselves. Communicating with the people who care about us.

No one who loves you will ever regret you coming to them with something that you might be having a tricky time with. They won’t judge you. They’ll just want to help you and for you to be well.

Don’t forget this, okay? People don’t say it enough, and when people don’t say something enough it can feel like it’s not true.

Happy Easter to you, (). Keep rising.

Colin