How to Write a Thank You Note (and why you should)

In this era, steeped in technology, it’s hard to sit down and hand-write a thank-you note when sending a text, tweet or email is so much easier.

Those forms of thank-yous might be immediate, but they’re hardly as personal as a penned note in the mail.

I married into a family of Northerners. They don’t write thank-you notes. It doesn’t offend me – I know, as a Southerner living in the Pacific Northwest, I own the cultural abnormalities.

Meanwhile, back in Louisiana, my mother and her own sister exchange thank-you notes practically every day. They write cards to one another for things as simple as a good chat during a power-walk around the neighborhood or bringing a quiche to Sunday brunch.

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