Giving Thanks
My family was not big on thank you cards. It was a small enough family that gifts were usually given directly by the giver, and the thanks was verbal, usually followed by a hug.
This was a good thing for me, because I've always struggled with getting letters in the mail in time. From the time that I could write a full sentence, I wrote letters to my sister and to my friends, and if they could be handed to the person directly they got there fairly quickly. However, I must have been frightened by a mailman in my previous life, because I struggle with getting letters into the mail on time, even when they are already in the envelope and stamped. Eventually I would put 3-4 of them in a manila envelope (why are they called manila envelopes? Were they invented in Manila?) and send them. My best friend once told me that I should call them journals instead of letters; when we were in college she could get several months of musing in one envelope.
When the price of phone calls became less obviously expensive than they were before cell phones, letters started to decrease. I think that we express ourselves differently in a letter than we do on the phone. Even more, we have stopped calling people and started focusing on texts, which are more utilitarian and short than a letter, or even the writing on a greeting card. When is the last time you texted "Thank you for being my friend; your friendship has helped me get through some difficult times lately"?
These are some of this year's Thanksgiving cards. Some have been more humorous and used CZ Design Sassy Thankful set for the interior messaging, while others used CZ Design Chunky Thankful Greetings. Send a few Thanksgiving cards and let someone know that they have made your day better.
