Yesterday was the day to turn the clocks back one hour, and if I were a betting woman, I’d bet your Deacs are profoundly grateful to get that extra hour of sleep. I know I was!
Two topics for today, so we’ll dig right in.
How to write a gratitude letter to your Deac
Because it is the month where our Thanksgiving holiday falls, November has become the Month of Gratitude for many people. You might spend time at the Thanksgiving table talking with your family about what you are thankful for, or maybe you keep a gratitude journal or make affirming social media posts. Today I want to suggest another kind of gratitude exercise: writing a letter to your Deac and talk about how you are grateful for them.
Here are some prompts to help you think about such a letter. As you think about your student, what makes you most grateful about them. It could be any of the following:
Their character
Their values
The way they treat other people
The way they view the world
Their maturity
Their intellectual curiosity
How they represent themselves in the world
The love they show to family members
The things that make them uniquely the: whether that is sense of humor, sense of style, hobbies/interests, etc.
You will note that I didn’t say anything about grades or achievements in the list above. Students tend to be perennially worried that if they are not getting all As and earning every leadership position possible, their parents and loved ones will be disappointed in them.
So as you think about writing a letter to your student about all the reasons they make your grateful or proud, go light on things they achieve, and go heavy on who they are as a human being and what you love most about who they are.
Such a letter could be something your Deacs will treasure forever.
Weekly Message for P’29s
As we do each Monday of the fall semester, we have a weekly message for new families on something their ’29s may be experiencing. Today’s message is “And I still haven’t found what I’m looking for.”
Depending on where you live, the Daily Deac might be hitting your inbox now at sunset, or even when it is dark, given the time change. Enjoy it wherever you are.
