I feel like my boyfriend, [who lives two blocks from me] who is currently on the other side of the world shooting in Romania, has been gone forever! We have been exchanging the modern form of love letters--via email. This is a practice we have had to resort to multiple times, as we both have a traveling spirit and have been on many trips since we first started dating. If you take the time to write down your thoughts and feelings, you might be surprised to find so much more can come out than during a spoken conversation. Here is a snip from the email I sent last night before falling asleep... awaking this morning to search my inbox for a response.
Dear Lover,
I’m ending my day the same way it started—thinking of us,
our life and how much I love and miss you; ironically feeling closer and closer
to you through your words/emails while you explore a city on the other side of
the world. I love your ability to paint a picture so well I can see and feel
your experience all the way from Manhattan Beach. You know exactly the way to
tap into my mind and keep my interest on getting to the next word as fast as I
can. Not that I think when you write you consciously think about phrasing in a
way you know I’ll enjoy… but it’s incredible how much I love the way you write.
You inspire me to pursue this thing [writing] that I both love and fear. It’s so funny
that it takes us being on different sides of the world to do one of the things
[that we both] love the most about one another. Why is this? Why haven’t we
started writing our book…? I don’t think it’s just me, or you, who enjoy
tapping into the minds of our
love/outlook on life. Or just us that
enjoy reading about and the happenings that occur simultaneously for us as a
couple, and occurrences that happen to us randomly as individuals—as we plunge
down life’s curvy road [holding hands]....
<3
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