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Gratitude and Gladness of Heart
Columns, Opinions
Ray.Wolbrecht, on
November 6, 2019
Gratitude and Gladness of Heart

I’ve been to several weddings in the last five years, and I know it’s customary (it’s kind of expected), to bring a gift for the brand new family. We also gave to a GoFundMe person whose son needed some surgery. Then there are the high school graduations.

Now a trend has developed over the last decade that bothers me, and it’s the callousness of not being acknowledged by the giftees in the way of some expressed gratitude – usually a Thank You card – for our ...

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