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Saying Thank You

By: redtentwomen September 12, 2023September 11, 2023

Intentional Living, Monthly Themes, relationshipsBroken Engagements, Katy Johnson Stafford, Kindness, Kindness to self, processing grief, Thank you, Thank You Notes3 Comments

I was 26 when my then fiancé called off our wedding five days prior to the big day. In the immediate aftermath, my thoughts were a numbed haze, disbelief serving as a kind of thick bubble wrap that initially insulated me from the pain I would befriend in coming months.

Right On Time

By: redtentwomen August 17, 2018August 13, 2018

Day to Day, Intentional LivingBethany Cabell, Giving Up, Miss Manners, Priorities, Procrastination, self-care, Thank You Notes15 Comments

Months after our wedding, I received an anonymous envelope with a newspaper clipping from the Miss Manners column titled, “Thank-you notes way, way overdue.” While reading the words on the page, my eyes skipped to the underlined portion which read, “They would like to know that you received what they sent you, and that they…