Thank You Letters as a Child

My Mom was a huge advocate of teaching me to say "Thank you."

Eventually I was old enough to send actual thank you letters.

"Okay Melinda, Write your grandmother's thank you cards" she would nudge me softly.

After I did though, I got yelled at and my Mom got on to me.

"You have to rewrite those!"

I was confused and used my high pitched kid voice to ask, "But why?  I said thank you! "

She explained, "you wrote `Thanks for the stuff!`  You were not specific at all. That's actually rude, Melinda."

Oh the amazing wondering things I learned from her!

I actually still write thank you letters and send cards.  All because of my lovely Mom.