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Expressions of the Heart

Writing Your Wife a Love Letter After Delivery

By Laura Paul

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and Instructions for Your Discontent: How Bad Times Make Life Better, says women go through a profound physical and emotional experience for nine months. However, the father's pent up emotions do not often materialize until they witness the birth of their son or daughter. "Fathers only witness the transformation but harbor many feelings like awe, excitement, fear, joy," she says. "Writing this down serves as therapeutic for the father and allows the mother to understand the experience from his point of view."

Dolnick also points out the letter will be a wonderful way to relate the past to the baby when he or she grows up. "Parents seem so old and disconnected to adult children, and a letter that shows the mindset and heart of parents in their youth is very revealing," she says.

Unlock Mental Block
Some men suddenly experience a mental block when they sit down with pen and paper in hand. When it comes to putting down their super-charged feelings on paper, Dolnick recommends starting with song lyrics, either serious or humorous. "I's a way to launch into what you're feeling without the awkward sentimental stuff that makes men uncomfortable or think they sound phony," she says.


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