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Thank you notes.

Catholics have confessional.

Jews have the Sabbath.

Muslims have Ramadan.

And Episcopalians,

have thank you notes.

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It’s that part of your religion, that you know you should do,

but you don’t,

and the guilt,

consumes you.

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It is the religion you were BORN into,

So why isn’t it natural?

Or instinctive?

I have a list of thank you notes that is about 3 years long.

I have four boxes of stationary, only to be rivaled by my number of agenda books, (currently at 5, -but then again, we are only in July, and I just received an email from Franklin Planner that they have their new July calendars available!WHO makes calendars starting in July?!!!🙄 😃I don’t know… but i think I might need one!!😍😃)

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Ok so back to thank you notes.

These boxes of stationary flank my desk and nest themselves under the coffee table in front of the TV (yknow, in case I feel like getting one written while watching ANY season of Game of Thrones, or while a foreign movies with subtitles is on, (because surely I won’t be distracted by subtitles and swordfights 🙄). -😐I can convince myself of almost anything

I imagine this is what happens in Game of Thrones when thank you notes aren’t written. (Painting by A.J. Petersen from the awesome book, Knight after Knight. This picture is titled: ‘Last Knight’)

I love writing thank yous, but, they are so difficult to finish.

I can’t write the same thing over and over.

It’s too fake.

I feel like I’m cheating the recipient with a fake thank you for a good gift.