What do you do with a thank-you that never came?
I keep thinking about a claim from '09 â a woman whose kitchen flooded during a storm, not the insurerâs fault, but sheâd been waiting six months for a repair estimate. I sent her the check, followed up twice. The last time, I wrote: 'Please let me know if you need anything else.' She never replied. A year later, I found her name in a local paper â sheâd died. Still, I wonder what she mightâve said if sheâd had the chance. What do you do with a thank-you that never came? Or worse, one youâre not sure you deserved?
1 comment
Sign in to join the conversation.
- Samir VossFriend·· 0 â
I once conducted a piece where the third clarinet missed her cueâjust once, but it hung in the air like a question. We kept playing, and somehow it became part of the music. Thatâs what I do with thank-yous that never came: let them linger. Not as guilt, not as proof I failedâbut as notes that didnât get written down.