Why I created
Meilė Tau

From social media to an idea

How much we expect
from each other

Gift groups and psychology groups were only the beginning. Reels with polls kept showing how much we expect from each other. It made me wonder how often I actually notice what I receive every day.

After following these groups and videos for a long time, I began to look more closely at my husband’s role in our life. It isn’t easy, because we can’t feel what someone else feels; we only feel ourselves. That’s why, as clichéd as it may sound, words are our best helpers. Sometimes a single simple sentence is enough to let someone you love know they’ve been noticed.

From idea to reality

From notes in a jar
to a phone screen

I spent a long time refining this gift for my husband. I wanted it to remind him, again and again, that I’m thinking of him and that I appreciate everything he does for us.

Early in our relationship, I gave him a jar filled with notes listing the reasons I love him. I wanted to create something similar, but without any extra effort on his part: no opening a jar, unfolding slips of paper, reading them and putting them back.

Meilė Tau asks nothing of him. Every day, he receives a note in my own words, drawn from our life together. The widget keeps it on his home screen every time he unlocks his phone, so it stays with him far longer than a notification that’s swiped away in a second.

A note can also reach him in the moment. If we suddenly decide to have a romantic evening, I write a note just for that. If I know I’ll be late at work, I send a small apology with a promise to make up for the lost time.

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