Dialoguing, writing letters to one another helps couples communicate

Published: 2005-07-12

TOWSON, Md. (CNS) -- Gil Apodaca hates to write. Yet every day, for the past 26 years, the Fontana, Calif., resident has written a love letter to his wife, Rose. Dave and Lucy Snyder of Tampa, Fla., have been writing each other for 28 years, and Ann and John Geer of Arlington, Va., have been writing letters for more than eight years. As couples who have participated in a Worldwide Marriage Encounter weekend, they have learned the importance of communicating their thoughts and feelings on a daily basis. The couples, who joined together for the national Worldwide Marriage Encounter convention at Towson University July 8-10, said they spend about 10 minutes each day writing a letter and then take an additional 10 minutes to talk about the letters.

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