When We’re Apart: Letters and Love for Separated Families is a warm, creative, family centered guide designed to help you stay meaningfully connected when someone you love is away for weeks, months, or years. Whether your family is experiencing military deployment, incarceration, rehab programs, boarding school, work travel, or any circumstance that creates distance, this book gives you practical and creative ways to keep your relationships strong. Inside this book you will find 74 pages of colorful, lined stationery that can be torn out and used to send letters home. Each month includes themed pages that make writing a joy for both the writer and the receiver. These pages are fun, encouraging, and far more personal than plain white paper or standard notebook sheets. This book is fully paperback and can be mailed as an approved gift to many facilities, including jails and prisons, depending on their rules. Families who have a loved one incarcerated often feel unsure about what to send, how to stay close, or what communication is allowed. This book gives many options that can be adapted for the specific rules of any facility. You will find ideas for letter prompts, simple creative activities, shareable moments, and relationship building practices that work even when an away parent cannot access the internet or take part in all activities. When needed, alternative suggestions are included so everyone can participate in a way that fits their situation. For military families, this book provides a year of connection, creativity, and love that can be shared during deployment, training, or long distance assignments. The colorful stationery and art pages, and thoughtful prompts help children stay grounded and help partners stay close to each other’s daily life. For families with someone in recovery, this book offers gentle ways to stay in touch without pressure. The focus is connection, not stress. This guide is written for the whole family. There are ideas for young kids, older children, teens, and adults. You will find sections that support long distance parenting, including how away parents can stay involved in everyday life, how to keep track of family events using shared calendars, and how to use letters to support children through milestones. There are ideas for rebuilding and strengthening your marriage while physically apart, including weekly writing prompts, shared memories, future plans, and gentle encouragement. There is a helpful section for parents who want to stay connected to older children who are away in the military, prison, or rehab. The back of the book includes art pages that kids can color and send again and again. These can be torn out or photocopied as many times as you like. Families can use daily prompts, memory ideas, small traditions, shared activities, and playful challenges to stay emotionally close no matter the distance. This is the book to give when someone you love is away. This is the book that helps families stay connected. This is the book that brings comfort, creativity, and hope through every season you are apart.