“Billet-doux” translates directly in French as “sweet note.” There’s plenty of flowery poetry to copy, but sometimes plain words express our love the best. Take some inspiration from a billet-doux Johnny Cash wrote to his sweetheart, June Carter Cash: “We get old and get used to each other. We think alike. We read each others [sic] minds. We know what the other wants without asking. Sometimes we irritate each other a little bit. Maybe sometimes take each other for granted. But once in a while, like today, I meditate on it and realize how lucky I am to share my life with the greatest woman I ever met. You still fascinate and inspire me.You influence me for the better. You’re the object of my desire, the #1 Earthly reason for my existence. I love you very much.”