How long has it been since you have made a deliberate effort to woo your Love? :)
Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson
September 19, 1915
My noble, incomparable Edith,
I do not know how to express or analyze the conflicting emotions that have surged like a storm through my heart all night long. I only know that first and foremost in all my thoughts has been the glorious confirmation you gave me last night – without effort, unconsciously, as of course – of all I have ever thought of your mind and heart.
You have the greatest soul, the noblest nature, the sweetest, most loving heart I have ever known, and my love, my reverence, my admiration for you, you have increased in one evening as I should have thought only a lifetime of intimate, loving association could have increased them.
You are more wonderful and lovely in my eyes than you ever were before; and my pride and joy and gratitude that you should love me with such a perfect love are beyond all expression, except in some great poem which I cannot write.
Your own,
Woodrow
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Lovely picture.
Great question you posed. It is so easy to take our loved ones for granted. Thanks for reminding me how important it is to keep the romance going. We all need gentle reminders.
I love the internet. Being able to contact people instantly is so great.
However, letter writing has become a lost art. People use to put so much time and effort writing lovely letters to each other. I think part of the reason they were so good is because they took their time. I took a while to receive them so they wanted to make them count.
Very nice post.
Mike
I wish I could write that well.
This is what I was talking about the other day. Culture!!!!
Manet,
First, you write very well. Second, it’s not about writing well – at least not for me. It’s about being willing to tell me how he feels and knowing I am important enough to him that he’ll make himself a little vulnerable. If he said, “Hey Babe – I can’t get you outta my mind. You’re my first, last, my everything.” that would work for me. If he sent me an MP3 or song lyrics and said, “This is how I feel about you”, that would be lovely.
I can appreciate what I receive because it’s the effort that matters to me.
Mike, I agree with you about the lost art of letter writing. Love letter emails are wonderful, but I do remember with great fondness being a young girl with a shoebox full of sweetly written words.