I cannot say enough good things about writing your thank you notes! My children do, of course, grumble a bit about having to do it. But I believe I’ve achieved some goal when I overheard a conversation between two of my children. My oldest child advised the youngest, “You’re wasting time arguing. Mom always wins, so you may as well just get on with it.” That was a satisfying parental moment.
It doesn’t take more than about 15 minutes to write a decent thank you note. The impact it has is enormous. No e-mail, or text message can possibly compete with the power of the written word on paper and addressed and stamped and mailed.
So do the right thing and write those notes people! You’ll be glad you did and your mother will be proud.
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