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February 2, 2006
Thank You, Thank You Very Much
By DEANNA DAHLSAD
Most greeting cards, paper or ecards, are expected. We expect them for
our birthdays and at holiday times. We expect them for our personal
events such as anniversaries, new babies, and (knock wood) hospital
visits. We even expect cards for the events in other people's lives,
such as holiday cards for their holidays, invitations to their birthday
parties etc. But there is one card, one greeting that stands above all
of these.
This greeting is special because it's unexpected. Not only is it
surprising to receive this card for 'no reason', but it's flattering to
receive it because this card is truly all about the receiver.
What is this powerful card? The Thank You card.
I've long been in love with Thank You cards. Ever since I moved out of
my parents house, it's the one thing I've always had stocked at my
house. Even today, with ecards ever near, I am never without my stack of
paper Thank You cards. I've run out of toothpaste, milk, bread, cat food,
and even toilet paper. I've run out of gas. But never Thank You cards.
If I'd feel naked without my paper cards, I am also addicted to Thank
You ecards. In the next few entries, I'm going to sing my praises of the
Thank You card – and by the end, you'll be convinced it's the one
greeting card you cannot live well without.
Posted by photocartoonist at February 2, 2006 2:13 PM