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Welcome to My Wind Phone, a place where grief can speak, and love is carried on the wind.
Dear Friends,
This website is a labor of love and a living connection to my youngest daughter, Emily, forever loved beyond April 2, 2020, when she passed. Every moment I spend creating it feels like a quiet conversation with her, our collaboration between heaven and earth, and it fills me with both purpose and joy.
Inspired by the original Wind Phone in Japan and created in her memory, this site is a gathering place for anyone longing to feel close to someone they miss. Here, you’ll find everything you need to learn about Wind Phones, discover one near you, or create a meaningful space of your own.
I am deeply grateful for the incredible My Wind Phone community of creators, stewards, and friends from across the United States and around the world. Your passion, kindness, and creativity inspire me every single day. Together, we’ve built something truly special. I’d love for you to be part of it. Join the My Wind Phone Facebook Group and follow along on Instagram @mywindphone to share your ideas, connect with others, and celebrate this shared journey of love and remembrance. Whether you’re here to build a Wind Phone, visit one, or simply feel less alone in your grief, you’re in the right place. You are seen, and you are not alone.
May your path lead you to a Wind Phone, a place where the wind can carry your words to those you hold close in your heart.
Sending you warm wishes on the wind,
~Amy
Wind Phone in Green Valley, Arizona
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Create a Wind Phone
You can create a sacred space for others to speak their hearts. My Wind Phone is the leading resource for creating a Wind Phone. Our Create a Wind Phone section offers guidance covering everything from design ideas to location tips.
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Numerous Brochures (What is a Wind Phone, Wind Phone Proposal, Wind Phones for Children, and more)
Start here to learn, be inspired, and create a place of remembrance, comfort, and connection. Please reach out if you have questions. I'm happy to answer any questions you on your Wind Phone journey.
What is a Wind Phone?
A Wind Phone is a quiet place to say what's in your heart. It's often an old-fashioned rotary phone placed in a natural, peaceful setting. The telephone link isn’t connected, but your heart is. Love, memories, and longing connect it, and the wind knows the way. You pick up the receiver, dial their number, and say whatever is in your heart. There is no right or wrong way to use a Wind Phone. You can talk, cry, whisper, or sit in silence. It is a space to be with your thoughts, your feelings, and the ones you miss.
The first Wind Phone was created in Japan by Itaru Sasaki after his cousin passed. When the 2011 tsunami took thousands of lives, others came to use the phone, too, and it became a symbol of hope and love that doesn't end. Today, Wind Phones are found around the world in gardens, parks, trails, cemeteries, schools, and homes. Each is a tender invitation to speak, to grieve, and to know you are not alone.
My Wind Phone honors every Wind Phone - public or private, permanent, or temporary - as a sacred space where grief has room to breathe, and love has a place to speak.
Wind Phone Variations & Galleries
My Wind Phone is the only place that honors and shares every kind of Wind Phone -public and private, event and traveling, children's and school. I believe that there’s no one way to grieve, and no one way a Wind Phone should look. Of course, there are public Wind phones listed on the My Wind Phone Map. Some are nestled in gardens or forests, others sit by the sea, on trails, beside libraries, or in backyards. Most have rotary dials, some are built from tree stumps, and some are simply symbolic.
What unites them is the love behind them and the quiet space they offer for connection. All are crafted with the same beautiful spirit of giving. These sacred spaces offer grievers a place to visit, find peace, and begin the healing process. Wherever your Wind Phone is and however you’ve made it, it matters. My Wind Phone is here to make sure they are all seen, honored, and shared.
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The Original
Telephone of the Wind
Created by Itaru Sasaki
The Phone of the Wind was created in Japan by its creator, Itaru Sasaki, while grieving his cousin.. He purchased an old-fashioned phone booth and set it up in his garden. He installed a rotary phone that was not connected to wires or any "earthly system." Here, Itaru felt a continued connection to his cousin and found comfort and healing amid his grief. Itaru gave his phone booth a name, Kaze No Denwa (風の電話), translated as Telephone of the Wind.
The following year, in 2011, an earthquake (9.1 magnitude) resulted in a tsunami with 30-foot waves that obliterated the coast of Japan, destroying entire towns and taking thousands of lives. Many were swept out to sea, and their bodies were never recovered. The city of Ōtsuchi is recorded with the highest number of missing persons. The tsunami's catastrophic ocean waves destroyed the town; its people were left in ruins by the tsunami of grief thrust upon them.
Photo Credit: Kiyomi Noguchi
This is Our Story
My Wind Phone began with my daughter, Emily. She entered the world with a gentle soul and a radiant spirit, and from the very beginning, she changed the way I see everything. After she passed in April of 2020, I searched for a way to stay close to her. To continue being her mother, to keep loving her out loud. That’s when I started My Wind Phone.
Today, I help share and support Wind Phones across the world, and I believe Emily helps guide each message carried on the wind to the hearts it’s meant for.
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Wind Phone Community
Grief is heavy, but you don't have to carry it alone. Join others who understand. Share your story. Stay connected. Join our amazing Wind Phone community on Facebook. Follow along on Instagram for the latest Wind Phone news!