Love letters are one of the strongest expressions of love known to man. They remain one of the most poignant ways of delivering a message of love and often continue to be a treasured possession and historical map of love between couples, something which is simply irreplaceable. Whether it is the widow or widower who clings to a stack of love letters from a former love, the young boy who expresses a crush on a classmate or the man receiving a letter from his wife, while deployed overseas, love letters have the power to illicit sweeping emotions. For such letters offer an opportunity for intimate communication that is sometimes difficult or impossible to achieve in everyday conversation.