Getting Back to Basics with Love Letters

If the maddening routine of caring for kids and keeping the household in order has your marriage feeling as though it’s on autopilot, it may be time to take a minute and get back to basics. Set your memory back a few years and remember how special and cherished you felt to receive a card or love letter from your beloved. In the intervening years, bills, kids and everyday trials and tribulations probably got in the way of the way you once communicated with one another, but that doesn’t mean it has to stay that way. Remember that one of the essentials of a happy home is a happy couple, so try to set aside some time at least once a month to communicate in a special way with your honey.

When sending a love note or letter, keep these tips in mind:

Always start with a piece of paper and pen. The paper doesn’t have to be special or fancy, in fact it can be a simple three ring piece of notebook paper that you snatched from your kids, but the point is to make it personal. In this day of multimedia technologically advanced communication devices, we often tend to forget how special it can be to communicate in such an old fashioned manner.

Finding what to say in a love letter can often be the hardest part of writing one, even more difficult than finding the time to sit down and actually do it. Imagine what you would say to your loved one if you had the time to sit down and express your feelings like you once did—now commit it to paper. Remember that you don’t have to be particularly romantic, just tell them how much you love them and what you love and appreciate about them.

Try to avoid writing a stilted, formal card. After all, that’s probably not who you really are. Use your own tone of voice, your own choice of words and say what’s really in your heart.

Find a unique way to deliver your love note. If your spouse often collects the mail, why not mail it to them so they’ll have a nice surprise the next time they open the box or scoop up the mail? Slip a love note in a briefcase, slide it onto the front seat of the car, or simply leave it lying in that favorite old chair.

 
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