How to Use a Love Letter as a Birthday Gift?
Ξ November 20th, 2008 | → | ∇ metadolllogin.com | edit
All of us have friends, family and colleagues. There will be times where we are all at a loss as to what to give as presents. Sometimes, it’s because we are a little broke and can’t afford expensive gifts. Sometimes, it is for that someone special and anything ordinary would not do.
Did you know that a love letter makes a great birthday gifts, either as a stand-alone gift or as a gift card together with a simple present? The love letter will not just enhance the gift but will express intangible thoughts and feelings associated with the gift. In fact, with the love letter, the gift’s value is enhanced. The love letter has an inherent quality namely ‘effort’ and that ‘effort’ will transcend to the gift as well. The recipient will feel the amount of effort you have put into selecting the gift, and know that a lot more thought has been put into writing the love letter.
The love letter itself can be a gift and more often than not, if the love letter is well designed and constructed, it will easily become the best gift for the recipient. And if the love letter’s content has touched on something special between the two of you, the gift and the love letter will be remembered and treasured for a long time to come.
The love letter for this situation must be something personal. It is better if you can recollect an event which only the both of you shared and then say how much it meant to you. The love letter can be about friendship, spousal love, ‘missing you’ love and even ‘sorry type’ letters.
Let me tell you a true story of how I had used a love letter to ‘touch’ a friend I met 20 years ago in college. He was watching television and had his hands holding his head when I walked into the dormitory. It was 2am in the morning and there was no one around. I decided to ask if he was alright. He replied he was having a smashing headache and it was difficult to do anything else. I asked if he wanted some aspirin and said I willing to get him some. Initially, he refused but later agreed to wait for me to bring him some. I gave him the entire bottle and he took the aspirin and returned to his dorm room. As it turns out, he was taking the same class I was and he brought the aspirin bottle back to me in class. From that day onwards, he sat next to me for the entire semester. Over the next two years in college, we became good friends. He returned to his country, and today is happily married.
To remember him on his 45th birthday, which was not too long ago, I decided to write him a love letter detailing the interesting manner in which we had met. There was no present and I just wrote on a piece of colored, scented handmade paper. The paper had an ‘ancient look’ so I took special care to write using a quill pen in one of the calligraphy fonts. I also carefully chose an equally ‘old looking’ envelope and then mailed it using courier service.
I got a letter from him saying that the letter was the most precious gift he had had for his birthday. He said that the letter reminded him of how ‘fate’ brought us together so many years ago, and how our friendship developed, spanning across the oceans and time. He showed the letter to his wife and they decided to frame it up. They even sent me a picture of the framed love letter I wrote him. Not only did my love letter make his day, but his reply and picture of what he did with the love letter made my day as well!
Often, when one masters the art of writing a love letter, and shares wonderful moments in life with close ones, it often bring lots of joy.
Think of love letters as a means of capturing life’s moments onto paper. Try it and be amazed by its effects.