Composing an email that will be read after you have died can be quite difficult. We’ve found that getting started is the difficult part so to help you out we’ve put together some opening lines that you can use as a starting point.
• Now that I’ve gone here are some things I wanted to say to you but somehow I never found the right time or the right moment. • Somehow I could never find the right time to get some things off my chest/say some things to you / speak to you about…. • I wrote this intending it would reach you after my death. • This message will come as a surprise but there are some important things I wanted to say to you. • I hope this message helps you through a difficult time. • You knew me as an organised kind of person and this message should help you to attend to my affairs. This will tell you about my insurance policies, pensions, will and other financial affairs. • I want to explain my will. Wills can only be cold statements of fact but I want to expand and explain my reasons. • I want to thank you for…….. • I promised to leave you a message • This will be my last message to you. • If you are reading this, it means I have died. • It is your birthday / our anniversary / You are 21 years old / but I cannot be with you
