The Kindness of Example, Part 2

"A good example is far better than a good precept."
~ Dwight L. Moody

"Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example."

~ Mark Twain

In the last week or so, we have received several handwritten thank you notes for gifts -- including two from teenage girls.  In addition to it being rare to receive handwritten correspondence, these notes are wonderful reminders for my children of how nice it is to receive a thank you note.  Another mother recently shared with me that she has her daughters read the thank you notes the family receives and then asks them how it feels to read them -- in an effort to have that serve as motivation.  I am very grateful to the people who have sent us notes.  I do love reading them and I also am thrilled to have the example for my children.