Love Letters vs. Voicemails - The Valentine's Day Couples Q&A Experience - 217

Ever wondered if love letters have more impact than voicemails when it comes to expressing love? Well, this is Daniel, and I have an opinion on that! Tune in to our special Valentine's Day Couples Q&A episode where Michelle and I share amusing anecdotes and insights on everything from our favorite taco indulgences to the rarity of giving each other a massage. We start with a devotional reading from 1 John 4:7-8, setting the stage for a heartfelt exploration of emotions that Valentine's Day brings—be it excitement, nostalgia, or even a hint of disappointment. With humor and warmth, we jump into playful questions about each other, creating a tapestry of laughter and affection that colors our relationship.

Join us as we journey through the evolution of our love, from the spark of initial attraction to an awesome connection grounded in mutual respect and commitment to God. Our bond is woven with threads of laughter and joy, showcased through shared jokes and personal poetry that add a romantic flair. Whether you're celebrating with a partner or embracing being all alone on this Valentine's Day, we hope our episode inspires you to cherish your relationships and express your love to God, the ultimate valentine.

Have a fantastic Valentine's Day and weekend!

Chapters

• 0:01 Valentine's Day Couples Q&A Podcast
• 13:08 Evolving Love and Laughter
• 21:28 Ultimate Valentine's Day Love Reminder

Transcript

Michelle Moore: 0:01

Good morning everyone. It is Valentine's Day. It's a special day for most couples. Dan and I are here with the Marriage Life and More podcast and we just wanted to throw out a small little Valentine's podcast this morning. So what I'm going to do is just go into a small devotion and then we're going to kind of just make things up as we go this morning.

Michelle Moore: 0:31

So for February 14th, my devotional reads Day of Love Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God. Anyone who does not love does not know God, because God is love, and that's out of 1 John, 4, 7 and 8. This day of love often carries many emotions, some positive, others not. It can be exciting for those falling in love, nostalgic for those who have been in love, disappointing for those who have not yet found love, and sorrowful for those that have lost love. And sorrowful for those that have lost love. Take the romantic notion out of it and love is still at the core of our beings. We recognize it through our relationships with family and friends.

Michelle Moore: 1:36

Love is to be celebrated, but let's be reminded of where love comes from. It comes from God, and he alone is the only true example of it. Whatever love camp you're in today, remember that God is the one who is always faithful, he is the one that keeps His promises and he will forever show His love to the world. What about your part? Are you able to show your love for God today?

Daniel Moore: 2:09

That's really good.

Michelle Moore: 2:10

I thought so too, and that fit perfect with Valentine's Day it did so.

Daniel Moore: 2:16

Michelle got up a couple mornings ago and she told me. She said so we're going to do a podcast for Valentine's Day and she wanted to know if I could still write a poem. And I told her I'm like I don't know if I can still write a poem. I've been married a long time now and you kind of forget about that stuff after a while, because I know if you guys have been listening to our series, you know she told you how I used to be real sentimental and wrote poems and stuff and I don't do it anymore. I told her. I said, okay, we're going to go for this. So she decided that we're going to record this for Valentine's Day and she's going to run the show. Yes, I'm running it.

Michelle Moore: 3:02

So I have pulled off some conversation hearts for couples, and so if you're listening to this podcast, if you're by yourself, write some of these down, take it home. Let your spouse ask these questions. So I kind of asked these earlier to Daniel and he just kind of looked at me and he's like, where did you get these from? And I just started laughing. I'm like, well, I got it from someplace, good. But okay, I'm like it took him forever to answer some of these. So I'm just going to kind of throw some stuff out there. He may hear some good, mushy stuff and he may not, and I may get the look from him.

Daniel Moore: 3:47

You may hear pass.

Michelle Moore: 3:52

So let's see. Okay, so pick which you'd rather receive a long love letter with lots of details or a long voicemail from yours truly?

Daniel Moore: 4:09

so my wife knows how I feel about the phone. So my wife knows how I feel about the phone and so I would have to say that probably a love letter, because I really detest having to sit and talk on the phone, listen to voicemails, answer the phone. I worked at a job for a long time where I had to answer a lot of phone calls and angry clients and everything else and that really burnt me out on the phone. So I would say probably love letters would be my preferred option on that one.

Michelle Moore: 4:40

That would be the same for me as well. I prefer my love letters. I like to keep those so that I can go back and read them. They're just kind of a memory for me, and when I see that you personally took time to hand write it, it means a lot to me. Versus you can talk to, you know, in your phone. It just means a lot more to me, yep. So what's your favorite color on me?

Daniel Moore: 5:06

That'd probably be red.

Michelle Moore: 5:08

Why my?

Daniel Moore: 5:08

lady in red. Oh, there's a rock song about that, I think.

Michelle Moore: 5:13

I have no idea if there is Lady in Red. There's a rock song about that, I think. I have no idea if there is.

Daniel Moore: 5:15

Lady in Red.

Michelle Moore: 5:17

Look at you guys.

Daniel Moore: 5:19

Even sing it to you. Okay, that's all I know of the song. Okay, I had to go look the lyrics up on the internet.

Michelle Moore: 5:26

Well, my favorite color on you is green I feel like it really brings out your eyes or blue. You have kind of that mystery eye color of multiple colors brown, green, blue. I mean it's just and I think it goes by whatever mood he's in and but I like green on him. He looks good in green.

Daniel Moore: 5:52

You ever seen red in my eyes?

Michelle Moore: 5:54

Only when you're mad. It's actually more on your face than your eyes. I can tell by that vein on your forehead.

Daniel Moore: 6:01

I'm just making sure my colors are still working.

Michelle Moore: 6:03

Oh, okay. If you could eat only one cuisine for the rest of your life, which would you choose? We all know this one. If you're close to Daniel, you're going to know it.

Daniel Moore: 6:18

Yep Tacos.

Michelle Moore: 6:20

Tacos were the win. That's right. I could fix tacos every night and he'd be perfectly happy.

Daniel Moore: 6:25

Yep, I like Mexican in general, yeah, but tacos are my favorite. Yeah, with the homemade shells.

Michelle Moore: 6:33

Yes, and you make a mean homemade shell. So we were laughing about this one earlier because neither one of us I asked him. I said do you like it better when I massage your back or your feet? Which one would you prefer right now? And we both laughed because neither one of us touch each other's feet.

Daniel Moore: 6:51

No, and I don't get a back massage very often.

Michelle Moore: 6:55

And you don't give me one either, so it works out perfectly, so we'll just fantasize about which one is going to feel better. We'll see. How do you dream? God will use our marriage.

Daniel Moore: 7:12

Well, I think that he's brought us to a point that he's going to use our marriage as our testimony, absolutely.

Daniel Moore: 7:17

And the fact that we can help others, hopefully, that are maybe going through stuff that we're going through, or if they hear our horror stories, that they'll decide that, hey, I don't want to go that route. Yeah, so I'm going to make sure that I take care of issues and take care of things as they come up, and so that's the whole purpose of you know, the things that we go through in life, we can turn around for the good, and that's how I look at it. You know, according to our marriage, yeah, I would agree with that.

Michelle Moore: 7:49

What's your favorite face I make at you? Notice he's laughing already.

Daniel Moore: 7:58

This is kind of scary actually so I like when I tell her a dumb joke, yes, or a dad joke, something that I know that she's gonna think's really stupid, and then she, she gives me that, that face that I don't know how you describe it it's just a look like that was dumb yeah, it's like that was the dumbest thing ever heard, as he's sitting over there rolling. And so the yeah, so the more dumb look that I can get. That's probably my favorite. I try to top that every day.

Michelle Moore: 8:25

And he does. I'll just look at him like I don't get it and that was stupid, like why would I waste my energy even laughing? And he just he's over there dying laughing and I'm just like I don't know what you're talking about. Um, let's see.

Daniel Moore: 8:42

And I told her. I said how many questions do you have?

Michelle Moore: 8:44

I'm actually trying not to ask all of them.

Daniel Moore: 8:46

She just kept whipping these pages out, with all these hearts and questions.

Michelle Moore: 8:51

Oh, my goodness gracious, let's get a little steamy, because it's Valentine's Day. When did you first kiss me?

Daniel Moore: 8:59

That would probably have been around 2001, the year before we got married.

Michelle Moore: 9:06

Okay, and let's see what's the best compliment you've ever received probably.

Daniel Moore: 9:20

I mean, I'm told a lot that I'm smart, so that would probably probably be one of the ones I've gotten the most from just random people. I guess that's what you're asking.

Michelle Moore: 9:35

Yeah.

Daniel Moore: 9:36

Yeah.

Michelle Moore: 9:37

I think probably my best compliment was is that I have a giving heart.

Daniel Moore: 9:44

Yep.

Michelle Moore: 9:46

And so um.

Daniel Moore: 9:48

I've heard a lot of people tell you that.

Michelle Moore: 9:50

I cherish that because I don't want it to be about me. So that's, that's one of my best compliments. Um, do, do, do, do. Um. What's your favorite birthday memory Do you have, since we've been together and his birthday is in August everybody.

Daniel Moore: 10:09

So we, we don't do a whole lot in August, even for his birthday no, I've stopped those birthdays yeah, he doesn't like come around anymore he does not like celebrating his birthday at all, so actually he tries to make sure we're always gone yeah, we haven't really done a whole lot on my birthday over the years, but here about a couple, two or three years ago we went to arkansas to hot springs and stayed for the weekend, went to the wachita mountains, done some kayaking and I mean that's. That was a really phenomenal trip.

Daniel Moore: 10:46

Really enjoyed that yeah so that's probably, but that's one of the biggest trips we've taken on my birthday as well. It was actually right at that time frame. But yeah, that's probably one of the biggest trips we've taken on my birthday as well. It was actually right at that time frame. But yeah, that's probably one of the best memories that I have for that.

Michelle Moore: 11:02

Daniel got a two for one for my birthday. So he got our anniversary on March 9th and my birthday is March 13th, so it's all in a week's time, so he kind of gets lucky with it. But we generally usually go down to bed and breakfast in Branson and just kind of spend time together and sometimes it's snowing and sometimes it's great weather. But a couple of years ago we went on a cruise with my brother and his wife and kids and my mom and I absolutely had a blast.

Daniel Moore: 11:38

Yeah.

Michelle Moore: 11:39

It was a blast.

Daniel Moore: 11:41

Yep, those are always good times.

Michelle Moore: 11:42

Yes, I would have to say that's my most memorable one. So this is the last question and it's not on the sheet. So I'm going to put you on the spot. What made you choose me?

Daniel Moore: 11:56

What made me choose you?

Michelle Moore: 11:58

Yeah.

Daniel Moore: 11:59

Well.

Michelle Moore: 12:02

I mean.

Daniel Moore: 12:03

I feel like when I first met you, I I don't want to say it was love at first sight, but it almost kind of was. I mean, I really just ever since I've met you, I've just had a drawing to you. And as time went along and I got to know you more, and more and more, I think I realized more that I wanted to spend my life with you, and so I just I feel like God put us together. Yeah, I think we both kind of messed that up.

Michelle Moore: 12:36

Yeah.

Daniel Moore: 12:36

At the beginning, because we didn't really follow through with that and, you know, got married to other people and went different directions, Because, honestly, I mean even before we got married the first time we were really good friends. I mean, we knew each other pretty well by then, and so I really feel like I think God had us pegged for each other all along.

Michelle Moore: 12:57

Yeah.

Daniel Moore: 12:58

But it just kind of had a delayed happening. It just didn't happen when it should have. But so you know, that's how I feel about it.

Michelle Moore: 13:08

Yeah, I would think for myself your laughter. It's those jokes that you make and I just look at you and give you that weird look.

Daniel Moore: 13:20

I am quite the comedian.

Michelle Moore: 13:22

You are and that's really what drew me. I mean I'm just like I love him. I'm like I laughter. But I would have to say, through everything we went through and going back, I would have to say it's your heart now, because you're a man after God's heart and you literally I see things that you sacrifice in order to do what God has for you. And it's to me it's. I just love that. I love the man that you've become. I love the fact how much you love me, how much you love our family, how much you love people.

Michelle Moore: 14:01

It's just changed over time and I don't know for other couples maybe you've been married short time, maybe you've been married like 20 years, 20 to 30 years, and maybe it's been a long time. But I'm curious does your love, like how you see them and what's attracted you to them at the beginning, is still the same as it is later down on the road? Because I feel like ours has kind of changed. I mean, your laughter still gets me to this day. I love listening to you laugh Absolutely, and the smile on your face. Like you don't get wrinkles, like I do, because I like to smile. But when you laugh and smile and you're over there and your tears are coming down your eyes because something's a corny joke. Or you're just laughing at something someone said and it's just so much fun, the joy it brings out of you. Just laugh and laugh and laugh. I start laughing. But I wonder if everybody really does have that same, or does it change for couples?

Daniel Moore: 15:02

Yeah, and I think for us it's gotten better.

Michelle Moore: 15:04

Oh absolutely.

Daniel Moore: 15:05

I mean, we felt like we had strong feelings when we first got together and I do feel like we did but life got in the way, yeah, and bad choices got in the way and that pretty much at some point there redirected the priorities and we kind of got our marriage out of whack a little bit. But once we got it back together and started back down the path that we were supposed to be on, I have I've I've grown to love you more than I could have ever imagined at this point, and I'm so thankful that God put us together. I'm so thankful that we finally decided to listen and take the path that he put us on, and you know I do. I pray that other couples have that same result the longer that they're together, that they continue to grow together, not only just in family-wise, but in love, yeah, and the closeness of their hearts, yeah.

Michelle Moore: 16:01

So I'm going to do a knock-knock joke.

Daniel Moore: 16:04

Oh boy.

Michelle Moore: 16:05

Yes, so knock-knock.

Daniel Moore: 16:08

Who's there?

Michelle Moore: 16:09

Luke.

Daniel Moore: 16:10

Luke who.

Michelle Moore: 16:12

Luke, through the keyhole and you'll find my love waiting on you.

Daniel Moore: 16:17

Oh boy, that deserves a sound effect. So this is one of those jokes that if I would have told her, I would have got that awesome look that I love to get from her. I would have got that awesome look that I love to get from her.

Michelle Moore: 16:35

Okay, so you know how he talked about the poem thing at the very beginning. Well, I don't necessarily write poems, I'm kind of a little.

Daniel Moore: 16:56

I'm going to let you read yours first, because yours is probably more sentimental than mine, and so is it going to make me cry. It's a short one, surely, surely not Okay. So, like I said earlier, she doesn't think I can write poetry anymore. So I decided, well, I'll show her I can write a poem, and she doesn't know what it is.

Daniel Moore: 17:14

No, I have no idea, I've not let her hear it yet, no. So when I got home she was trying to read me hers. I'm like no, we're supposed to just keep these secret until we get up to the studio and start recording. But she was all excited to read me all of hers. So I think I've heard all of hers, unless she's got one sneaky there that she hasn't told me. But she has not heard mine. So this is my poem to.

Daniel Moore: 17:37

Michelle, I can hear it. Are you ready? Yes, okay, hold on to your seat, here we go.

Michelle Moore: 17:43

I'm holding on.

Daniel Moore: 17:45

My love, my heart, my sweetest grace. No one could ever take your place. Through every laugh, through every tear, you are my joy, my soul's premiere. With every touch, with every glance, you fill my world with love's sweet dance. So on this day, and all days too, know my heart belongs to you.

Michelle Moore: 18:11

Oh my gosh, I love it. That is so sweet. I tried. What book did you get that out of?

Daniel Moore: 18:19

I'm not going to tell you. Oh my gosh, I see.

Michelle Moore: 18:25

I mean girls, find you a husband that will do, whether they get it out of a book or whatever. But I know Dan wrote that first. I just know that he wrote that himself.

Daniel Moore: 18:35

And we'll never know any different.

Michelle Moore: 18:37

I know, I know. Well, don't laugh at me, people, because mine are not as sentimental as his. This is good as it's gonna get. Roses are red, violets are blue and I know what everybody's thinking I'm going to say, but my feet stink, and so do you. No, I was like that Roses are red, violets are blue. My dog is my favorite, but you're okay too.

Daniel Moore: 19:09

Oh, looky, there.

Michelle Moore: 19:11

Mr Wilford's, my baby.

Daniel Moore: 19:12

You have done my poem.

Michelle Moore: 19:14

No, I got another one. Roses are red, violets are blue, coffee is hot, and so are you.

Daniel Moore: 19:23

Oh boy, let's get some sweet creamer to throw in that.

Michelle Moore: 19:28

I didn't hear a baboon thing. Oh yeah, here we go. Yeah, okay, so my last and final one. Think about the times that Daniel had said he'll give me a joke and I just kind of give him that weird look. So this is going to be one of those, babe. Yes, a little bit strange, but my love for you, it will never change. Wow.

Daniel Moore: 20:04

There we go.

Michelle Moore: 20:05

And I tell him to drop the bomb, and he didn't do it.

Daniel Moore: 20:08

There we go. How's that?

Michelle Moore: 20:12

That is it.

Daniel Moore: 20:15

That was awesome. You wrote that that is it?

Michelle Moore: 20:17

That was awesome. You wrote that. No, I took all those off the internet. I just like those the best because it just fit us.

Daniel Moore: 20:26

That's very true. I like those.

Michelle Moore: 20:29

Yeah. So here's my Valentine's to you. My heart I will forever give, and I'm so thankful that I get to share each and every day with you.

Daniel Moore: 20:41

Well, the same here. I'm thankful that God gave me an awesome wife that will stand behind me and support me in things that I do, behind me and support me in things that I do, and even if you don't understand me or get my jokes, Sorry guys. I try, that's okay. I still love you anyway. Good, I'm making a poem here, while I'm talking to you.

Michelle Moore: 21:05

Yeah, I know, I noticed that.

Daniel Moore: 21:08

That was kind of unintentional, but that worked out pretty good it really did you want to keep going. I'm good, okay.

Michelle Moore: 21:15

Well, guys, you know, I just want to take a moment to tell you guys, thank you for listening to us for this. I don't even know how long this podcast is. It was only supposed to be like a five minute podcast, but it's probably longer than that 20 minutes past that Okay.

Michelle Moore: 21:28

So we hope you have a great Valentine's Day, whether you're out with your loved one or you're not. We just hope that you take time this day and just soak it in and just whether, like I said, you're by yourself or with your spouse, but take time to love yourself and, you know, if you are married, take time to love that spouse.

Daniel Moore: 21:54

And don't forget our ultimate valentine is yep make sure you tell god how much you love him today yes, that's the whole reason we get to have another valentine's day he should be your first love.

Michelle Moore: 22:05

That's right, so well. That's it for today. We will look forward to the next podcast, I believe.

Daniel Moore: 22:16

Next Thursday.

Michelle Moore: 22:17

Next Thursday and we will be back on. We're getting close to wrapping up the Four Laws of Love and we look forward to having our discussion and we hope you all have a great weekend. We love you all, and this is toodaloo.

Daniel Moore: 22:37

Have a happy Valentine's Day.