Saying Thanks

Elijah has been busy writing thank you cards to his friends who came to his birthday party and to relatives who mailed him cards and gifts. He is practicing casual letter-writing and addressing envelopes correctly to mail.

I have often found myself wondering how important it is to send out written thank you notes after thanking someone in person. What is the etiquette surrounding thank you notes? Why isn't a simple heart-felt thank you enough?

Elijah made a good point as he was writing these cards. "I've never received a thank you card from my friends." 

For some unknown reason, it feels important to me. Maybe someday I will figure out why, or someone will be able to verbalize my feelings that I just can't seem to identify.

Anyways, I am REALLY excited because I seemed to have figured out how to post on my blog from my iPad. If I can figure it out on my phone, I might just have to send a thank you note to the creator of the blogger app!