A Friendship In Letters ✨ Calming Bedtime Story To Help You Fall Asleep Fast

Sleep Wave: Sleep Meditation & Sleepy Stories

Sleepiest

Alternative Health, Health & Fitness, Mental Health

4.6 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2026

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

In tonight’s bedtime story with Karissa, we go on a cozy journey to Oxford to meet Queenie, who is about to meet her pen pal for the very first time. Set sixty years after their friendship began through handwritten letters, this warm story is the perfect companion for a peaceful night’s rest. Join Sleep Wave Premium ✨ in just two taps! Enjoy 2 bonus episodes a month plus all episodes ad-free and show your support to Karissa. Upgrade via our show page on Apple, or via this link for all other players ➡️ https://sleepwave.supercast.com/ Love the Sleep Wave Podcast? Please hit follow & leave a review ⭐️ How are we doing with Sleep Wave? Click here to let us know 🙌 Let's get social! Follow us on Instagram 💜 How does Sleep Wave work? 💤 This show is for any one who struggles to fall asleep, or wakes up in the night. 😴 Powerful Sleep Meditations and Relaxing Bedtime Stories help you fall asleep easily. 😌 Episodes begin with calming intros to take you away from any anxious thoughts and prepare you for your wind down. Subscribe today, and next time you're ready to get sleepy, jump into bed, press play, and get sleepy, fast. Looking for the brands I mention on the show? You’ll find all the latest sponsor links and offers right here:⁠ https://lnk.to/sleepwave ⁠💜 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Good evening, Sleepwave. I'm your host, Carissa, and tonight we have a lovely sleepy story to
0:16.6	soothe our minds before bed. This is our weekly free episode.
0:23.8	The best way to listen to the show is to become a subscriber.
0:29.3	It's easy to sign up, and you will give yourself instant access to our entire back catalog and enjoy ad-free listening and two bonus episodes a month.
0:33.7	Details in the show notes.
0:35.9	Have you ever had a pen pal?
0:38.0	Writing letters is something rare these days,
0:40.9	but I think that's what makes it all the more special.
0:44.0	When I was a child, I had a pen pal for about a year,
0:47.6	and I will never forget how excited I was to run to the mailbox
0:51.8	and see if I had a letter from him.
0:54.5	We were both around 10 years old, I think, and I found those letters a few years ago,
0:59.5	and it was touching to see what little things from our young day-to-day lives that we shared
1:05.0	with each other.
1:06.6	In tonight's story, we're joining a woman called Queenie, who was about to meet her pen pal for the first time, 60 years after the pair posted their first letters.
1:18.2	But first, before we begin, our only ad break, which helps make this show possible.
1:23.3	To listen ad-free, follow the link in the show notes.
1:26.6	When was the last time you stopped and listened to your body?
1:30.3	Here's a Holland and Barrett ad break to do just that.
1:33.8	Go on. Have a listen to your gut.
1:37.5	Is that a gurgle?
1:39.4	A rumble?
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