AMAZING Marriages: Write More Love Letters
Life in Love //
I sit in a quiet room. Alone, thinking. A pen and paper by my side, I try to think of the perfect words to tell you how much I love you. The sun has yet to rise and the world is still silent. I close my eyes and breath softly. I remember the times when we started dating. We would write notes, love letters, to each other and exchange them as we passed each other by in the halls of high school. I can remember the torn edges of the paper, your words neatly written on each line, words that were written with care and fresh love.
There is something magical about a love letter. To write a love letter takes effort, it takes care. It would be easier to send you a text message or leave a note on your Facebook wall. In 140 characters or less I could pour out my heart to you with the perfectly crafted tweet. But all of these are fleeting. They are digital ink in a fast paced world that is quickly forgotten.
A love letter written with a pen and paper takes care, it takes emotion.
“The mere fact that somebody would even just sit down pull out a piece of paper and think about someone the whole way through with an intention that is so much harder to unearth when the browser is up and the iPhone is pinging and we’ve got six conversations rolling in at once… that is an artform.” – Hannah Brencher, creator of More Love Letters says it best.
I sit here and I breathe deep, eyes closed, thinking. Thinking of the laughter we share as we walk to breakfast on an early spring morning. Thinking of the moments we talked on the phone, I in my first year of college, you still in high school. Thinking of the moments we are yet to share on our next great adventure, the adventure of life we take together. Slowly I press my pen to paper. Words written are forever. I wonder, one day, will our children read this? I imagine a time, 50 years from now. We are worn and wrinkled; we have loved and lived life. Our grandchildren surround us as we pull out a letter. A letter we have written, with pen and paper, and full intention. A letter filled with love.
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When was the last time you wrote a true love letter? A letter for no reason other than love? Today I would like to challenge everyone that reads this to write a love letter to someone you love. It could be your spouse, your sister, your mother, your child. Write with intention, from your heart. Write something beautiful, on real paper, with a real pen.
For those that are married, I’d like to invite both you and your spouse to join Liz and I on a project: One love letter per day for the next 30 days. 30 Letters each. Share the letters with each other before bed, or when you wake up. Then save the letters in a box. When times get tough, reopen the box and reread the letters. They are a record, a documentation of your love in this moment. Words beautifully written that will last forever.
Thank you Mary Marantz for introducing us to Hanna Brencher and the More Love Letters Project. For more information, be sure to check out http://www.moreloveletters.com or watch her TED talk below.