Thank-you notes take a lot of work...
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Thank-you notes take a lot of work. Many parents have to practically tie their children down and force them to write thank-yous to friends and relatives for gifts or for cards or for going on a trip. Most kids hate this task -- to them, more of a chore. Even grown children like to avoid writing thank-you notes. They feel so cliché: "Dear so-and-so, thank you for so-and-so, love, so-and-so." The notes are never long enough to fill up all the space on the card, and then the whole thing looks pathetic, like the writer isn't really thankful. But once the card is in the mail and the effort put out of mind, the real point of a thank-you card kicks in. How many of you have received thank-you cards? Doesn't it feel good to know that someone noticed your effort, no matter how small, and welcomed your gift of time, talents, or money?
