thank yous

More than a little of my spare time

the first month after Baby Boy arrived

was spent writing thank you notes.

Thankyous for meals and visits,

clothes and toys, diapers and cash,

and first-baby-of-the year gifts

from local businesses.

Though I am truly grateful

for the outpouring of love to our family,

sometimes the consumption of my precious free time

with thank-you-note-writing

grates on me.

I bolster my attitude with the fact that

thankyou writing is

its own sort of art form.

One that (I think) I do fairly well at.

As an artist, this pleases me.

And silly as it may be,

having cute thank you card to use

is also tremendously comforting.

I loved using these adorable cards from Pepper Pot.

The cute graphics and charming details

(the backs of the cards! the delightful tin box they came in!

the coordinating plaid lining the envelopes!)

never failed to make me smile.

I got mine at a charming local shop,

but you could get some from Amazon

if you can't live without them.

This is not a sponsored post.

I just loved these cards so much

that I had to share.