Correspondence: Take Note

You really can find ANYTHING via Google...

I Googled "proper letter format" today and this website, Letter Writing Guide, was top of the list so I clicked on it. I got what I needed in terms of format for a Business Letter and then I decided to "click around" and came upon this:

Writing Love Letters/ Love Letter Sample

Love Letter Sample

December 12, 2004

To My Beloved Caitlyn,

You are always on my mind, I can't stop thinking about you. The first thoughts when I wake, and the last thoughts before I go to sleep are of you. I am such a lucky guy to have found such a wonderful woman. I miss you so much, it has been too long since the last time I saw you.

Your smile is so beautiful and magical. Every time that I think of your smile it lights me up inside. Even when I am having a really bad day, seeing you smile makes me want to smile too and it makes me forget about the previous events of the day.

Caitlyn, you must be the most caring person on earth. You seem to have an unlimited amount of patience and kindness. Every time I make a mistake you are right there to support me. The time that you drove 300 miles just to take care of my sick mother when I was away is just one example of your big heart.

I have had such a great time with you no matter what we are doing. As long as you are around, even doing the most mundane activity is fun. I hope that we'll see each other everyday when I come back, I want to spend as much time with you as possible. I miss you so much.

Love always, Signature

AMAZING. And the Love Letter Writing Tips are possibly even better...

Writing Love Letters

A love letter is one of the few letters that should be written out on paper rather than typed. It shows that you care enough to take the time to write it out by hand and adds a personal touch to it. A love letter is an expression of one's feeling to another in written form.

Love Letter Writing Tips

Put a picture of your significant other in front of you to help inspire you while writing.

Put on some light romantic music, or read some romantic literature to get you in the mood and give you some ideas on what to write about.

Write a rough draft first and then put it onto a final copy. A grammatically incorrect or misspelled letter can interfere with the message the letter is trying to convey. Also the presentation of the letter is just as important as the content.

Write your final draft on nice stationary.

Write from your heart, be sincere about what you say.

You should open up a letter with "Dear" if you are early on in the relationship, but if you are at a deeper stage, "My Beloved", or "To My One and Only" may be more appropriate.

Don't close your letter with "Sincerely", use, "With warmest regards" (if you are at an early stage of your relationship), "Love", "Yours always", "Your beloved" (if you are at a later stage of your relationship) or something else along those lines.

Wait at least a day before sending out the letter, just in case you wrote something that you may regret later.

Put a small dab of cologne or perfume on your letter before you seal it up and sending it out.

Usually people only put a date on for the heading of the love letter.

Writing the Love Letter
The following is a simple guideline that will help you write your love letter.

To start out with, write the first paragraph about how your lover makes you feel. In the next few paragraph right about qualities and characteristics which you find appealing about him/her and back them up with specific examples. To close out the letter talk about memories of past experiences that you shared with your partner and talk about your hopes for the future.

I feel like it's a TYPE A+ person who looks up love letter writing. I mean if you are IN LOVE shouldn't it just sort of ooze out? I guess if you have to ask....