Raising A Family

Yesterday was our daughter’s birthday, and although she is three, I had her sit down with me this morning and tell me what she wanted to write in her thank you cards. As a young child, my siblings and I were instructed to write our thank you cards after receiving gifts before we played with them. I don’t have a single memory of complaining about the activity. We all enjoyed sitting down and writing out our thanks for what we were given. It’s a wonderful opportunity to teach our children that anything given should be thanked for. The person receiving the thank you card most certainly will appreciate that their thoughtful efforts were acknowledged. As adults, we should be sending out a thank you as well for any gift we receive.

Just keep a pack of blank cards handy so that when the need arises you have a card to use. Target has a great dollar section where I always find cute blank cards that are 8 for a buck. They are nice to have on hand for whatever card needs to be written.