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IS THE THANK YOU NOTE STILL SOMETHING YOU DO
January 18, 2019Remember how your Mum would drag out a fading patterned envelope of writing paper and a pen and instruct you to write to distant relatives who sent gifts and well-wishes at Christmas?
The letters were short, detailed the minimalist holiday plans of a pre-teen - pool, beach, maybe a trip to the movies - and offered a generous ‘thank you’ for whatever trinket had arrived that year. These days, rather than the musty loose leaves of an unspent writing compendium, our thanks are sent by way of a phone call, text, SnapChat, Facebook post or carefully arranged Instagram picture.
We're only three weeks on from Christmas and I feel like so much has happened since, but also nothing at all. It's a funny, heat-hazy, lazy days time of year, isn't it? I'm trying to remind myself to keep this pace and that everything's a little nicer with a please and a thank you.
Here's what else I am up to, or reading this week:
Fountain pens are back, perfect for writing those old-fashioned thank you notes.
Reckon it’s hotter than usual? You’d be right.
Community connections - your friends, local family, neighbours, other parents at your kid’s school, teammates, the person behind the counter at your corner store - they’re all the people who will have your back in an emergency (see above point). Make sure you smile at them today.
Do the stuff Girl Guides do, with a monthly badge challenge, in your inbox.
Where are all the bloggers going?
Uh oh. Is this true of your children's book collection?
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