It’s never too late to say I’m sorry, please forgive me or
thank you. General etiquette is that
thank you notes for a wedding gift need to be sent within a year of the
wedding. Yikes, that’s a long time. You can have a baby by then, and then you
have baby gift thank you notes to get out. (And you run the risk of giftgivers thinking you ungrateful for wedding gift, and may be less-generous in baby gifts.)
We are taught to have a thankful heart, to be thankful for
all we have and show gratitude all the days of our lives. My momma taught me. I clearly remember the burial of my dad; my
dear sweet mom hobbled over to the grave digger after dropping her rose in the
ground, and thanked the grave digger!!!
For her it was natural and necessary. He provided a service for
her. For him it may have been a tad
uncomfortable, he was about to perform the final end to her husband’s earth
experience. For me it was the way my mom
did things. Today I was at that same
location, looking at the stone that bore the names STAUB Charles H. Ruth G.
One stone, as they are “Sealed for Eternity”. I was with her when she purchased that stone,
and I recall one day going to see it once placed. It had her name and date of birth and a
blank, her death date yet unknown. We
talked about the thought of that, and she was very comfortable with her
impending death. She never neglected a
thank you and rarely had anything to apologize for. Then I drove around the block to see the
Mattsons; William and Lillian. Their
stones were separate, yet side-by-side.
The ages of theirdeaths were sad to me:
he, just 40’s and she only 62.
Gratitude welled up in my heart. I spoke quiet tender words to deity, then, I drove toward the office and with a lump in my throat, choking back tears,
went to the desk and thanked the staff for keeping my family safe. As we hear reports of cemeteries mistreating
decedents, and gravesites being desecrated, I am thankful that my parents and
grandparents are able to rest in peace.
I think they were surprised with my expression of gratitude, but paused
to ask my family name. The gentleman, though
said nothing, nodded his head, understanding my thoughts and concerns.
What if you only received today, what you gave thanks for
yesterday? What do I want to be sure I
have every day: a relationship with my Savior and membership
in His church, my loving family and my shelter.
I am thankful for
Home
Citizenship in this great country
Heritage and posterity
Property to farm
The physical strength to farm
All things great and small
Absence of danger and threat of danger in my daily life.
I am thankful. Often
I pause during the day to express my thanks to my God. I take a moment to thank the cleaning person
in the public rest room, the bagger at the market, to compliment a lovely dress or flattering hairstyle on a stranger.
Once I cross to the other side, it will be
much more difficult to show such expressions. But for today, I am thankful for all that I have at LuLu's Table.
