{"id":1611,"date":"2020-02-05T21:18:25","date_gmt":"2020-02-06T03:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.circalegacy.com\/?p=1611"},"modified":"2020-02-15T00:14:00","modified_gmt":"2020-02-15T06:14:00","slug":"the-new-love-letter-write-your-how-we-met-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.circalegacy.com\/the-new-love-letter-write-your-how-we-met-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The New Love Letter: Write Your \u2018How We Met\u2019 Story"},"content":{"rendered":"

My great-grandmother sat down on a cold, wintry Valentine\u2019s Day in 1962 and wrote:<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Woman

Angie and Alva Wirt with grandchildren.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI am thinking tonight of Alva as I last saw him there in the funeral chapel, lying there with closed eyes in his brown suit that he liked so well. His beautiful white hair combed up with a \u201croach\u201d as he called it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHis face looked young again and the lines were gone but as I touched his face, it was not warm as it had always been, the flesh was cold. I shall never forget how patient and humble he was those last few weeks while he lived. I hope if I get to the place where I am not able to do for myself that I will be patient and as little trouble to care for as he. I have always been so thankful that I could care for him at home as long as I did.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

I can imagine her loneliness as she sat at the kitchen table thinking about Alva, her husband of 50+ years. He died three years before she wrote this. It\u2019s not a traditional love letter, but it\u2019s a beautiful tribute to a lifelong partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

We treasure memories of our spouses and partners. Good ones. Bad ones. And everything between. It\u2019s overwhelming to think about recording all those memories. Instead of writing a novel, start with one simple story. Write down your memories of how you met your spouse or partner.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Write your ‘how we met’ story<\/b><\/h3>\n

There are a couple key questions you should answer in\u00a0<\/span>your\u00a0 story about how you met your spouse or partner:<\/span><\/p>\n