Istare at the blank card, lost for words. Why is this so difficult? Isn’t this what I do when I sit at a keyboard and blog, share a piece of my heart, hoping to connect with women I may never meet? But these words will only reach one. How do you shoot an arrow at an unknown target?

With prayer.

Lord, bless the woman who finds this letter and give me the words she needs to hear. Amen.

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My oldest daughter wants to show me a project she’s started. She’s struggled lately and it weighs on me. “Go to MoreLoveLetters.com,” she  asks and I comply, eager to know the source of the light I see in her eyes. We watch this video and read these stories while tears slip down my face.

And I understand. 

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Later as we walk towards the door at T.J. Maxx she slips away whispering, “I’m going to put a letter in The Hunger Games,” and I nod, imagining who will find it . . .

My mother told me once that she worried about me. “You’re only as happy as your least happy child,” she spoke, knowing the chances that mine would all be happy seemed slim. She’s been gone over 8 years now, but the wisdom of her words rings true as my children age.

This daughter writes down how she feels in words. They hurt her to write and me to read: Useless. Hopeless.

“The antidote for feeling useless is to be useful,” I scribble in this journal where we write back and forth. “And one way to battle hopelessness is to bring hope to others. These letters you’re writing? They’re useful. They bring hope.” 

I don’t see her read my words, but I know that she, too, understands. {Sometimes the girl who needs encouragement the most is the ones who does the most encouraging.}

“It is a surreal feeling, to compose a letter to an individual that you have no ties to but at the same time you want the whole wide world for them. I wished them a bright day. A day full of laughter. I told them they were unique & special & really quite smashing. (I might not have used the word ‘smashing’ but I probably will in the next letter.) Really, we are not told enough, in a genuine noncommercial manner, how brilliant we are. How intriguing and wonderful we are. How much we should be commended for waking up today and deciding to take on the task of being human. It is not an easy task. It is not always fun. But it is wildly worth it. Better that we write all these things down.” October 10, 2010 (from moreloveletters.com)

I hear these stories, and I want to be a part of it; I want the Lord to use me to speak words of encouragement into eager ears.

Lord help me make a difference.

The Lord answers my prayers today as the words flow from hand to page and I take design inspiration from scrapbook paper and a perfume box. My tools: a set of markers, a pair of scissors, and a glue stick.

Who will find this? I don’t know, but I’ve prayed for her.

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by Dawn Camp, who believes the world needs more love letters

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