This is a very interesting question. The word "love" is a word that is not part of normal conversation with me. I have a very good friend, out of state, that always ends her email by saying I Love You and my name. I will end a conversation with Love & Hugs but can not say I Love You even at the end of an email.

Lately I have been sharing some of my creative writing with her. Some of the ideas for what I write have stemmed from something we have shared in a conversation. I titled a message the other day with "You are my inspiration" she replied back to that message saying it brought tears to her eyes knowing that she has inspired me to be creative with my writing.

To me sending that message was a more genuine way of telling her how I feel about her than any number of Love and Hugs will ever be, Point being that you can tell a person that you care about them in many different ways or actions. You just need to find a way that you are comfortable with to express yourself.