Polar bears & thank you notes - same difference...

If I didn't think you guys read every word I typed before, I do now. I made one little, itty, bitty, teeny, tiny remark on a previous post about not getting a thank you note & you gals pounced on me like nothing I've ever seen before! And I love the remarks I got about the notes: "Be patient", "give it more time"...

Then it snowballed into 'lets all make a post about thank you notes'! Have I mentioned how I love blogging & all my faithful stalkers?!

The older we get, the more things change. Everything is constantly evolving. I don't mind change, if I think it's a good change. Like DVR's versus VCR's - GREAT change! I still enjoy reading an actual book. With pages. And black ink. Call me crazy. But some people have those little Kindle thingies & read off a tiny hand held digital book. Different strokes for different folks. Some people don't like email or texting. But I do. I feel like texting, emailing & facebooking (is that really a verb?!) are just as good as speaking to me directly.

But there's something else that has fallen by the wayside. And it's not like it has morphed into another more updated 'thing'. It's like the poor Polar Bears - it is becoming extinct. And I don't like it - not at all...

In my ever so humble opinion, 'Thank you' notes are important. And here's why: When you go to a wedding or a reception, there are a lot of people there. You may not get one-on-one face time with the center of attention. And that is completely understandable. But I believe a 'thank you' note is a way to express gratitude for someone coming to your event & their gift, if applicable. When B-rad & I had our 4th of July bashes years ago, we always made it a point to try to spend a little face time with everyone. To me, that's just the 'nice' thing to do. I just believe it is tre' rude to go to a smaller, more intimate function & no one speaks. (We don't really need to go over this again, right?) My uncle would always give us money for the fireworks. And you know what I did? I wrote him a freakin' thank you note. He didn't have to do that. Of course we told him thank you in person...but I think there are certain situations that require a little more 'personal' attention.

Here is my list of events that REQUIRE thank you notes: Bridal showers, baby showers & weddings. C'mon, give me that, it's only 3! And I choose those 3 because they are important events in your life. They are life changing. I mean, you get a birthday every year. You just don't get married or have your first baby every day...

And the mvp of thank you notes? Personalized!!! Brad's cousins, Leslie, had a baby shower & the thank you note had a pic of the ultrasound & a pic of her belly with a note enclosed. Very sweet! And perhaps the best thank you note I ever got? Was from a certain lady who is an athiest about thank you notes. It was her sons 1st birthday. She took a picture of him playing with the toy we bought him. And then she wrote a nice little note on the back from 'his' point of view. And ya know what? Thank you notes are so important to me, that pic is still hanging on my refridgerator today. (Leslie, I would totally have your 'thank you' on the fridge - but I just can't handle a pregnant belly in my face when I want to eat. It's not you - it's me...)

[Side note - I went to a co-workers wedding on April 17th. As I type, today is April 26th. He brought me a thank you note...today. Do you think he reads the blog?!]