Thank You Notes

Call me old fashioned, but I highly believe in Thank You notes. I have taught my children the same thing, that when you get a gift, you write a Thank You note. Sometimes we're a little late - it's mid January, and we are finally finishing up on the Christmas thank yous. Why is this so important? I think that we as a society have forgotten to be thankful. I often get told how "good" I am about doing these - it's probably because it's so ingrained in my brain - (Sometimes I think that my mother has forgotten that I do write these and she doesn't have to remind me to do them - I may not be as good at getting them in for the little things, but I do try for the big stuff). Anyways, why am I all of a sudden thinking of these? Because I hope that I'm teaching my boys to be thankful when writing their thank you notes. I guess though the other side is I could be teaching them to write thank you notes out of obligation... but I'll keep a positive take on what this writing of thank you notes means. :) Don't forget to be thankful for all that you have. I know I am!