1.                  As an alternative, write a sweet message or just ‘I Love You’ on the face of a one-dollar bill, and then cut the bill in half.  Give your partner one half to keep in their wallet and you take the other half.

 

2.                  Write a list of things you miss about your partner, OR things you love about your partner and mail it or email it to them. 

 

OR write these ‘things you love or miss’ on separate pieces of colored paper and mail one per day. 

 

You can also tape a picture of yourself on the paper before you mail it, or simply cut a picture out of a magazine. 

 

Choose a picture that is calming, beautiful or peaceful, or one that depicts people in love, and send this along. 

 

3.                  Try ‘exchanging’ written mail or email to finish sentences started by your partner.  You start by writing something like “When I am away from you I feel…” and then ask them to finish the sentence and start another sentence and end it back  to you. 

 

Now, it is your turn to finish THEIR sentence.  Keep going until you have an entire paragraph of sentences and thoughts of love.

 

4.                  The next time you see your loved one, give them a carved wooden box, or a glass or ceramic box – something nice they can keep on their desk at work or on their dresser at home. 

 

When you leave again, start sending pretty colored construction paper or stationary, each with a numbered message –starting at one and going up to 100 or whatever number you wish – each message number should be a reason why you love your partner or why you miss them, whichever you wish. 

 

For example ‘Reason Number 5:  You are the cutest thing I’ve ever seen!’

 

5.                  Make a poster out of poster board or other material and every time you come home, add another message on the poster.  Date the message and draw a little heart or picture. 

 

That way, your partner will be able to look at the poster and remember when you were last there to visit.

 

6.                  An alternative to the suggestion above is to make or buy a calendar.  On each block of the calendar write a love message or something to keep them going until you next see them.