This year we will celebrate our 40th wedding anniversary and I must be feeling a bit sentimental, something that doesn’t happen very often.
It’s Storytelling Sunday again over on Sian’s blog and time to “pick my precious”
I have a few letters from my husband that I would hate to lose, they are very precious to me. There are also a couple that I sent to him that are far from romantic, he does that sort of thing much better than me.
My first letter was sent the day after I agreed to go on a date with him, it’s dated 19.4.71. It has a lovely poem in it, a great improvement on the cheeky one he’d originally said to me. You can read about that here
You can keep all your expensive gifts although lovely to receive, the few words on these pieces of paper mean so much more.
To read more stories do go over to Sian’s blog here
25 comments:
How lovely to have those letters to read time and time again.
Oh yes, those letters are very precious - congratulations for whenever your anniversay is - 40 years is wonderful!
Yes, they must indeed be very precious to you. Lovely to share with us thank you.
What a wonderful reminder of your lives together x
So so precious, many thanks for sharing x
Oh, yes! Exactly the kind of thing I love to call precious too. Perfect. Many congratulations on your 40th anniversary this year: that's a fine thing to be celebrating
Very precious indeed.
Oh how wonderful. And April 19 is a love-ly day in my history also, although hubby never wrote me any love letters.
I so agree with you. I've got a box full of letters and cards my man has given to me. Great story!!
What a fabulous treasure - thanks for sharing it with us
Oh how lovely jane. very precious indeed x
How wonderful that you have the letters! Robbie & I met online & I printed out original emails & messages - maybe I'll share a little about that for one Storytelling Sunday. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely - give me a handwritten letter or a handmade gift any day. Hands down a million times better than something shop bought.
So lovely to have those letters. Congratulations on your 40th Anniversary :0)
Congratulations on your 40th Wedding Anniversary Jane...and I can imagine how precious these letters must be!
Alison xx
I've never been a letter saver but I wish I had saved at least one of the letters my husband sent when he was in the army. A handwritten letter is certainly a precious thing. Thanks for sharing.
Oh how lovely that you still have them - Wookie & I have had to discuss if emails count as love letters, but I do cherish the couple of handwritten bits I have from him too. Happy Anniversary - 40 is amazing :)
Congratulations. How romantic to keep your love letters. They are precious indeed.
Congrats on your 40th year of marriage. I agree, there is nothing like the written word which you know had thought put into it. It makes it so much more special
How lovely to still have them. I've got shoe boxes full of old letters, but not one from my husband, which is a shame. He's not really a writer.
So right you are! This will be our 40th wedding anniversary as well, but although my husband gave me cute cards and notes, I don't think I've ever gotten a letter from him.
Very precious indeed Jane - and priceless too - a wonderful story - thank you for sharing - and congratulations on the 40th anniversary. J x
How precious these letters must be Jane. Will you do a LO.
40 years wowee xxx
Congratulations on your anniversary and how wonderful to have the letters. I still have some my husband wrote to me over 30 years ago... I might have to read them now...
Precious words written down with love and kept for posterity ... there isn't anything quite like it :-)
I have a large file box filled with the letters which my husband and I exchanged during the three years we were apart during graduate school. Thanks for reminding me that these are "precious."
Rinda
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