Lincoln per Morning Joe

On Morning Joe this morning, they had historian Doris Kearns Goodwin as a guest and they were discussing Abraham Lincoln and his influence on our country's history.  One of the things Ms Goodwin discussed how when Lincoln would get angry with people he would write letters and then set them aside, then move on.  He wouldn't sign the letters.  He wrote them to "vent"...to blow off steam...to deal with the problems in a tangible way.  By wrting these letters, he would "cool off".  These letters were never sent.  It was enough for him that he wrote them.

I chuckled and looked at my husband and said, "See.  When I get upset and rant and rave to you, you are being my unsent letters."  He just smile and said, "I know" in his calm and unassuming way.  Maybe for his peace of mind, and peace of habitat for that matter, I should resort to writing unsent letters instead?