Jikiden Reiki with Mari ~ return to Japan 2023: Thank you card

Ever since I was very young, I always like to write

hand written letters, not typing.

Since I moved to Canada 1999, I started to own my own computer, and the hand writing opportunity went down dramatically.

Just about everything can be done online, even greeting cards.

I still like receiving e-card for Birthday and special occasions, but I like the moment when I found the personal regular mail in my mail box.

"Yeah ! The Snail Mail" !

P.S. Sorry Jodi, my niece, she has a snail phobia as bad as my caterpillar phobia.

I love the Christmas and New Year season, because I find more hand written cards in my mail box !!!

However, the card I love the most is the

"Thank you card"

We send out Christmas cards, New Year cards, Birthday cards because it is a special occasion. It is VERY NICE to receive those cards, but I like the fact that Thank You cards come spontaneously and come from deep in their heart.

When I think back, I rarely received Thank you card until I came to Canada.

In Japan I have many good old friends, wonderful sisters and relatives, but I don't think I had done anything significant to be able to receive a Thank You card.

But in 2006, when I received a Thank you card from a group of my friends who were involved in "Yack and Snack in Chilliwack",

I could not help crying in gratitude.

This is the actual Thank You card, my treasure.

Card filled with words...

I came to Canada in 1999, all by myself. I did not know anyone, I had no friend. I was a 28 years old responsible young adult, still it was challenging sometime.

When I received this Thank you card, all my memories came back to me from the time I was lonely, struggling to get my life back together again, looking for the reason why I am here, etc.

I deserved a "Thank you card" ?!?!

and it is filled with hand written English.

It meant a lot for me.

That moment when I read the card, I felt like

"I think I am back..."

By the way, this group was introducing how to cook the home made meal for better health. It was sponsored by "Success by 6" and Chilliwack Family Place.

For example, instead of buying a spaghetti sauce, we cooked together to show how easy to cook home made sauce and it is healthier! (We did home made pizza, sushi, quiche etc.)

I was one of the leading person, but I had to pull myself out from this group due to having a new born baby (3rd one), starting a new business, and my life became way too busy.

I felt very bad, but I had to choose myself at that time.

My friends who were in "Yack and Snack in Chilliwack", if you read this blog, I would like to use this space to say Thank You.
It is my precious memory.

By reading Mr. Masaru Emoto's water research, the word "Thank You" has a positive energy,