I have received numerous submissions for this Internet/book project, and it is my sincere hope that I will receive hundreds, or even thousands more. "I Never Got to Say..." submissions have been divided into categories (i.e. "Handwritten Entries," "To Parents...," "To Extended Family...," etc.) which are located on a links list on the left.

Entries are still being accepted. Your submissions can be made anonymously or you can include your name. Please note that if you send your submission to me via private e-mail, Facebook or Twitter message, you need to specify whether or not you would like your name to be attached. However, I will include the author's name on submissions made publicly via blog, Facebook, or Twitter comments Submissions can be handwritten or typed if mailed to me. Entries can vary in length, however I reserve the right to take excerpts from them.

I encourage you to take part in this Internet/book project. Working on this project has helped me channel my grief over my mother's passing into something positive. I hope that writing your "I Never Got to Say..." messages will bring you the same peace.

-Kimberly Back

Anonymous Entries

Mr. ____________,
You were a scumbag. You deserved to die. Though I bet you laughed at the way our country dishonored itself in your pursuit. It is a shame that we did this to ourselves. Only fools confuse bravado, force, and public outrage with courage, strength, and justice. We acted like Romans, not Americans. Glad you're dead. Sorry it came to pass the way it did.
-A Human Being


I still think about the last thing that you ever asked me to do. There you were, lying in a hospital bed, and you asked me to go get you a piece of apple pie. You could have asked for anything in the world and I would have gotten it for you. But you asked for the simplest thing. That was the best errand that I ever ran.
-Anonymous


Holidays have never been the same since you went to Heaven. When we receive cards they are actually from the person who signs them - unlike you, recycling old cards, making out the original sender's name and signing your own before passing the card along to someone else.
-Anonymous


I want to say how much you mean to me. No one could ever take the place of my mom, but you came closer than anyone.
-Anonymous 


Even though everyone in the family hoped and prayed that you wouldn't die on my birthday, it happened anyway. I don't see it as a negative thing. My birthday isn't just about me anymore. I get to remember you.
-Anonymous
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