I am horrible at Thank Yous. I should say that I am horrible at sending Thank You cards. I am the rudest person in the world in this regard. I bought Thank You cards to send out after I got married, and I never sent any...not a single one. Of course...I have not received many Thank You cards over the years either...so it seems to be a widespread problem. It may be somewhat due to the same reason that I rarely get my Christmas Cards mailed...which is because of the expense of postage. Being a newly wed, we were pretty broke, and the thought of mailing out all those Thank Yous would have cost a lot of money. That would be some kind of excuse, but I think I was just lazy. I can't really remember my parents ever making me write Thank You letters or cards when I was a kid. We were taught to SAY thank you...in fact we would always race to see who remembered to say thank you first if we got a special treat like dinner at McDonalds and etc...and it was always embarrassing to have one of my sisters say it first and then I had to sound like a dork saying it right after they did. It became something of a competition to thank Mom and Dad first...at least on my part.
So, if any of you few that read this blog (all three or four of you) have ever given me a gift or done something worthy of more than a vocal Thank You from me...please accept this great big THANK YOU! Now immortalized on the internet (at least as long as this blog is here...which might only be a few years...but hey...that is still a pretty long Thank You).
A note to parents...if you want your kids to be good at things like writing Thank You cards... start them young, and nag them about it until it becomes a habit. My own boys are well on their way to being ungrateful and uncouth in the Thank You card writing department. I need to work on that with them.
Thank You cards make you feel appreciated. I know this because I received one from my sister N two days after Christmas. She wrote it out Christmas day, mailed it the next day, and I got it the day after. The extra effort she took made me feel like I was truly appreciated and like I was also an important person. It also made me feel a bit guilty that I don't do Thank You cards...hence this blog. I did receive some Thank You Cards in my Christmas stocking, I think I had better start using them. Thanks again N!
So, if any of you few that read this blog (all three or four of you) have ever given me a gift or done something worthy of more than a vocal Thank You from me...please accept this great big THANK YOU! Now immortalized on the internet (at least as long as this blog is here...which might only be a few years...but hey...that is still a pretty long Thank You).
A note to parents...if you want your kids to be good at things like writing Thank You cards... start them young, and nag them about it until it becomes a habit. My own boys are well on their way to being ungrateful and uncouth in the Thank You card writing department. I need to work on that with them.
Thank You cards make you feel appreciated. I know this because I received one from my sister N two days after Christmas. She wrote it out Christmas day, mailed it the next day, and I got it the day after. The extra effort she took made me feel like I was truly appreciated and like I was also an important person. It also made me feel a bit guilty that I don't do Thank You cards...hence this blog. I did receive some Thank You Cards in my Christmas stocking, I think I had better start using them. Thanks again N!
No comments:
Post a Comment