I've heard that one of ways to cope with grief or loss of a loved one is to write letters to them. I presume it's supposed to act as a platform to say things that we've wanted to say to them.

I recently went back to read a couple of my old journal entries and stumbled across some letters I had written to a good friend of mine who was leaving and cutting off all contact. I didn't realize this at the time, but writing letters to her was my way of coping with the fact that I knew she was gone from my life.

I'm curious to hear if anyone else finds writing letters to be helpful?