Comments on: A Conversation with Gina Hamadey of “Thank You Year” https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey Crane Stationery Post Script Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:20:10 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: mary bogdanovich https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-24167 Wed, 20 Oct 2021 05:20:10 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-24167 Your conversation on writing personal letters inspired me today. I love receiving thoughtful notes
and keep my most cherished and beautiful as special
occasions to be relived over and over. I do enjoy
writing notes of gratitude or special notes just because of fond memories.

The lovely paper, ink and even the stamp make a
wonderfully delightful package. Thank you for reminding me.

]]> By: Ruth Peterson https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6463 Sat, 19 Jan 2019 22:37:04 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6463 I have been looking for this kind of information for at least 80 years.

I vividly remember sitting with my Mother as I wrote Thank You notes to my Grandmother when I was about six years old. Our separation was wrenching, but necessary as my Father was given a new job in Wisconsin by his New York City firm. As a six year old, I was devastated and not sure Grandma would be there, if I ever got to return to New Jersey.

Those minutes of agony gave me a lot of practice, but to this day, getting the correct words in order on a Thank You Note can still be a daunting.

I’m grateful for the offerings of Gina Hamadey. You’ve given me hope to make short notes less intimidating. And, as a bonus, I am going to share them with my children, grandchildren and any other young or old people I meet who have the same misgivings about writing a Thank You Note. It seems to be a lost art.

]]> By: M. Carter https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6306 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 14:11:37 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6306 Wonderful idea. I would like to try this at least once per month this year!

]]> By: Helen L. B. Thompson https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6305 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 12:56:47 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6305 Such a good idea. One year I had something called a gratitude jar. Every day I wrote on a small piece of paper things and people I was grateful for. I’m 78 and I’m more grateful by the day for my life. thanks for sharing Gina

]]> By: Anita https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6303 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 10:38:57 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6303 Thank you so much for sharing Gina’s story! I am going to share it further with my friends.

What Gina has taken up, and the way she tells her story is very inspiring and encouraging. It’s true that through thanking someone, without them expecting it, we open up a kind of vulnerability within ourselves, ..we bow our head.. But once that gratitude is put forward and let known, suddenly we have made the world a better place.

Thank you again.
All best,
Anita

]]> By: Carolyn [Carla] & Joe Ryan https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6299 Wed, 09 Jan 2019 02:16:26 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6299 What an inspiring experience Gina has shared with those of us who receive Crane Stationary updates!! When we returned home from a 6 weeks stint in our State Capital City of Brisbane in 2017, after my Stem Cell Transplant, for Multiple Myeloma, I began to think about the wonderful & dedicated team of Specialists, Doctors, & Nurses, who all played a huge roll in my positive recovery. Being almost 700klms [approx. 450miles] from home, was not an easy thing. I set about writing a “Thank You” letter to our chief Specialist, who heads up the Transplant Unit at the Royal Brisbane Hospital, & then thought about those below him, who assisted in my walking out of the Isolation Room [24 Iso Rooms on the Ward] 18 x days later. I know the several to whom we wrote, would have appreciated the time taken to say two simple words “thank you” and them not be taken for granted!! We refuse to be on Facebook or other media outlets, other than emails, or using old fashioned “snail mail” for communications, and whenever we receive a “thank you note” or a greeting card in the mail, we feel elated!!! Thank you for sharing the story with us, down here in Australia. Kind Regards, Carla & Joe Ryan.

]]> By: Diane Garnsey https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6298 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 21:07:59 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6298 I love this idea ! Thank you for a life-giving suggestion.

]]> By: Nancy Bieser https://postscript.crane.com/a-conversation-with-gina-hamadey/#comment-6297 Tue, 08 Jan 2019 16:26:00 +0000 http://postscript.crane.com/?p=8443#comment-6297 @CRANEANDCO

Encouraging, inspiring and helpful, thank you for the suggestion of sending thank you notes for everyday life events.
We are so blessed to have this opportunity…and I am proud to use Crane as my paper of choice. No promises, yet I will try!
Again, thank you.
All the best,
Nancy Bieser

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