The Love Leaf is a booklet assembled by Woodward just nine months removed from his accident and six months after getting out of the hospital. It was sent to his dear friend Helen Ives Schermerhorn as a gift and expression of his love for her. Woodward claims to Helen he initially intended to send it for the previous Christmas but events prohibited it. He would also regret his ever sending it and apologize profusely to Helen for what appeared to be a misunderstanding. He backtracks and explains away its true intent.
  What is really fascinating about this project, aside from how soon he was back to making art, is is the glimpse the booklet offers into Woodward's emotional and psychological states. The reasonably expected conflict, confusion, and inner turmoil he was assuredly experiencing as he went through the grief of his loss. We do not have the benefit of Helen's side of this exchange  and so we do not

have the whole picture and take some license in our examination.
  The cover, seen below, is an ink illustration of what he referred to as a "cataracts" [waterfall] he made the summer before his accident. It may be more coincidental than we realize but a number of the pages in this booklet were made in 1903. We assume it was not too long after he left Helen behind when he and his family moved from Schenectady, NY to Peoria, IL in 1902. It could suggest the culmination of years Woodward struggled with his feelings towards Helen and/or a matter of convenience that he had already started something for Helen, years in the making, and the timing was merely expedient. We might even suggest that today's equivalent would be what is called "drunk calling." The drunk part is literal but can also mean calling an ex when in a fragile emotional state.