Writing Love Letters
Over the last month, I’ve been learning how to cook for one. Martin’s been away for a lot of work projects, which is not normal at all. In fact, it’s a little weird to think:
Ahhh! I’m in Europe all alone right now.
So remember my plan to clean out our freezer? It’s slow going. But use of our American telephone line? My mom says I’m like that old Chatty Kathy doll, which was like The Must Have Toy of her generation. It seems I have an awful lot to say.
Though right before Martin took off for his first trip, I stood next to him printing. Then I was cutting and crafting at the kitchen counter. Finally I handed him this 24 page minibook:
It’s a love letter. (This is page 1.) The left pages tell a story of love – expressing thanks for who he is, what he’s working so hard to do, and what he’s helped me become.
Then the right side is for specifics that come to mind with each prompt.
There wasn’t time for me to fill in the right side before he had to catch the subway, so I handed him the book like it is above. He sat down and read each page carefully.
And you know what happened? He had misty eyes. German guys like him never ever get misty eyed. It felt amazing to see the emotion that my love letter had created in my guy. I hadn’t even shared the specifics yet, though he hugged me with a tighter, warmer hug than I can ever recall.
His response has had me thinking.
The responses I’ve been getting from several people using journals from my shop has had me thinking. That’s why I’m so excited to announce: Love Letters are the newest addition at Gadanke, my online shop! They’re made with 100% recycled German paper and Italian patterned paper.
They feel so perfect for a lover. A child. A hero. For Mom (okay – now I’m getting teary thinking about writing one of these to my mom back in the United States).
Who will you write to?
April 12th, 2010 at 4:08 am
What a great idea, such a beautiful idea that you did this for your husband, more couples should take the time to do something like this, including myself.
April 12th, 2010 at 8:45 am
What a nice idea. I will have to bring this up to my finacee. I love reading other peoples love letters called Dear Bob, Dear Betty , which was soo sweet. It would be nice to have my own collection of love letters at the end of the day.
April 12th, 2010 at 8:50 am
My favorite corny joke of all time – “What do a grape and a bicycle have in common?”
“They both have handlebars, except the grape.”
Yes, I know it’s stupid, but it cracks me up every time! :)
Lovely book. All of your books are so beautiful and inspiring!
April 12th, 2010 at 9:56 pm
my husband & I leave notes for each other when we travel out of town…
I leave them in his shirt pocket; in his shave kit; in his briefcase; under his pillow; etc…
we had a long-distance relationship for 18 months before he moved to my city… so we got in the habit of always making sure to let the other person know exactly how we felt – what we liked/loved about spending time with each other…
I have a shoebox of cards, notes and slips of paper from the past 10 years… it’s a lot of fun reading through the notes to see what we were doing at the time – or where we were traveling…
April 14th, 2010 at 5:29 am
My wife was in England for four months and was miserable being in a strange country with no friends or family….she hated it, but it did do great things for our relationship. I used the time away to write and send her love letters :)….it worked!
April 14th, 2010 at 7:22 pm
This is so sweet!! I can’t wait to see more details about it.
My husband is the king of (really bad) puns. There are two I hear all the time:
1. It’s chilly in the mornings here. He will ask me every morning what the temperature is. I usually say ‘it’s a little chilly.’ He responds with ‘Chili today, hot tamale’
2. Why can you only get one-egg omelets in France? Because to the French, one egg is ‘un oeuf’