Lost Art of Thank You Notes

We love our daughter-in-law, Shannon, for many, many reasons.  She's an amazing Christian, wife and mother.  We are also blessed to know her parents and her siblings.  In fact, although her parents live in Oregon, with two daughters in the Bay area and a son in Santa Monica, they spend quite a bit of time in California.  We always find time to see them when they are in town, whether or not our grandkids are involved.

One of the things that Shannon's mom taught her was that handwritten thank you notes are the best way to let the gift giver know you loved and appreciated the gift and their thoughtfulness.  So, Shannon has made thank you notes a priority for her children, as well.  Before they could read and write, the note would include a picture they drew with "mom" adding in their words of thanks.

We received a hand-written thank you note from each of our grandchildren.  We gave Little M a set of stamps with their own stamp pad.  Our thank you note was a page of fire truck, dump truck, car, etc. stamps with a handwritten note from "mom" on the back. All four of them are precious.