Weekend Kindness
Reaching Others Through Kindness

One of the most difficult things to articulate is the feeling you get when you are apart from someone you feel that you cannot live without.  The ache, the emotion deep down that, even though it has been only a little while, seems like it will consume your every thought.

Life is full of change, and yet the bonds that we form can be long lasting, and so it becomes necessary to express those feelings to retain those bonds.

And so, without further ado, 31 ways to say “I Miss You”:

No one likes to be separated from someone that they love, be it summer camp love or long distance love.  One of the hardest parts about this ache that you feel is that you can definitely go overboard expressing how much you miss someone.  Here are some ways to say “I Miss You” that will carry the idea well.

1. Send an E-mail.  Doesn’t have to be long, just something that carries the basic thought that you’re thinking about them and wish to be with them.
2. Send a post card.  These tend to be a little impersonal, but can work if you put the focus on the fact that you miss the fact that you’re not together.
3. Use Twitter. Get an account, make sure your loved one is following your account, and leave messages saying “I’m going to the grocery store, but it’d be better if *you* were with me.”
4. Send flowers.  This really works better if the person you miss is female, but it can work with guys as well.
5. Send candy of some kind.  You know what they like, now go find it and send it to them.  If you’re stretched for cash, find a coupon for the item and send that instead.
6. Write a Poem.  Anyone can write a letter.  A poem says that you’re really bad at rhyming taking more time to actually send how you feel.
7. Take pictures.  Take them of what you are doing, what you are seeing, or simply of every day things.  Use Flickr to document your life apart and keep the pictures private.
8. Keep a journal.  Buy a big notebook and keep all of your thoughts and feelings written down.  If you’re more of an extrovert, start a blog (but find a way to keep it personal with private sections for your loved one).
9. Send them a letter a day.  Just make sure your letters are interesting.  Talking about how you clipped your nails and it made you think of her will probably not impress her.
10. Buy souvenirs.  Nothing says love than trinkets on display.  Seriously, if you’re going to buy souvenirs, make sure that they’re something both memorable and useful– or at least small.
11. Photoshop them into your pictures.  Sure, it may be corny, but nothing says “you’re on my mind” like a picture of you with some other guy and your sweetheart’s head on top.  Hmm, better stick with pasting all of their body.
12. Countdown.  Create some means, be it on a website or in print, that you countdown the days until your together again.
13. Absence makes the heart grow what?  Go cold turkey without talking the entire time (only suggested for short periods of time).  They will probably miss you as much as you miss them!
14. Voicemail.  Call at a time you know that they won’t answer their phone and leave a message for them to hear later.
15. Hide Notes.  One thing you can do, if you know that you’re going away in advance, is to hide notes around their house that remind them of you.
16. Timed Notes.  Same concept as above, write a bunch of notes in advance and date them for when the other person should open them.
17. Timed Adventure.  Nothing says “I miss you” more than thinking of the other person.  So, in this case, plan an adventure while you’re away– something that will take a while, so that the other person feels loved.
18. Call on the Phone.  You’re probably doing this one already, but hearing the other person’s voice is the next best thing to being in their presence.
19. Write a Letter.  Again, another one that you’re probably already doing, but make it special or significant in some way.  Draw on the back, include a secret message– in other words, be creative.
20. Spend Quality Time Before and After.   One of the biggest ways you can let someone know you miss them is how you prepare before and after.  Spending a lot of time before will let them know that you will miss them, and spending time after will let you know that you missed them.
21. Sneak something into their suitcase. Nothing says “I miss you” like planning ahead of time.  When they get to their destination and they’re unpacking is a great time to be reminded of your love.
22. Put something in their pockets.  Picking up on the last one, put something in their suit pocket (as long as it’s not perishable) or in the pocket of the jacket they’re wearing as they leave.
23. Hide something personal.  It may not be anything big, or it may be something racy.  The point is that it has to be special to the two of you.
24. Have the kids answer the phone.  Making sure to have attachment to the whole family means more when you’re away.
25. Have the kids make the call.  Similar to the previous one, hearing from the kids, in their cute voices, saying that they miss you shows that you miss them even more.
26. Celebrate the “Last Meal”.  Get a babysitter, get out the fancy clothes, and make sure to take advantage of the time together before you part.  It will create lasting memories that you can take with you. 
27. Call in the Middle of the Night. Just not before the big meeting.  When you wake up in the night, and you notice that they are not there, give them a call. 
28. Have a Text War.  Send messages to each other through out the day, ones that only they will understand.
29. Visit the same sites.  Have an Internet connection in your hotel?  Get online and direct each other to the same sites.  Go house hunting online together.
30. Take out an ad.  Doesn’t matter if it’s in a paper or online.  Take out an ad in something that they read saying how much you miss them.

The biggest point is:

• Make sure you do you let them know in your own special way.

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