The Art of Saying Thank You
Photo by Aaron Burden on Unsplash Spring and summer are graduation and wedding season, which means giving gifts, and which a few weeks later means receiving thank you notes. This year I received one thank you note that stood out. It was from a young man to whom we had sent a graduation card with a little cash inside. The body of the thank you note contained the following: "Thank you for the money." That was it. I am not exaggerating, that was it. One sentence. “Thank you for the money.” Period. End of sentence. End of note. I literally burst out laughing when I read this note. It conjured up in my mind’s eye the image of a mother standing behind her stubborn teen-age son with her hands on her hips, insisting that he write a thank you note, and him technically, if not eloquently, complying.