Our parents made us do this....but now scientific findings link gratitude to increased optimism, stress reduction and a good night's sleep. All of us who swear by Emily Post are validated because good manners do have all kinds of unexpected benefits...
Why not text a Thank you?
Because, as Ms. Gelderman, who is 20, says, that when she wrote her Thank-You notes after she was named 2014 Queen of Carnival, she "actually enjoyed writing the notes because in the process of opening a note, feeling the paper, seeing the imperfection of the writing, reading the message in another person’s voice, you actually feel like you have a piece of that person in your hand.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/06/fashion/the-found-art-of-thank-you-notes.html?src=me&ref=general&_r=0
