My mother in law recently passed away and we had a memorial BBQ. My husband is a firefighter and the firefighters families helped with making food for the BBQ. I am not sure how to word the Thank you notes, do I mentioned the exact food they brought or do all the wording the same.
I also have people to thank for flowers, plants, bringing my kids food while we were gone.
Thank you in advance for your help.
"Thank you so much for your kindness during our loss. We genuinely appreciate your generosity. Thank you."
Hope this helps...& prayers to you.
I am sorry for your family's loss.
I would not mention particular, exact food in the thank you notes, due to the potential for mixing something up. I wouldn't say "thank you for providing the cole slaw" for example, just in case that person brought the tossed salad. When there's a crowd, and an emotionally stressful and sad time, there's the potential for a mix-up.
What I would say is something like "Thank you so much for contributing such delicious food at the memorial for _________. During this sad time, our family received so much encouragement and support, in words and in deeds and in kindness, and it provided comfort beyond what we can express or repay".
For the other gifts, just change the wording of the first sentence to reflect what they did. "Thank you for your thoughtful gift of memorial flowers [or plants]". "Thank you for supplying such delicious food to our children while we were out of town", etc., and then continue with the rest of the paragraph.
And by the way, it's wonderful that you're writing thank you notes.
S., sorry about your MIL.
I think either way you want to do it is fine. If you remember the specific food, flower, etc and want to mention it that is great. But depending on how many you have to write, it could get burdensome for you.
Since so many people no longer bother to send thank yous, I am appreciative to get any written note.
I am sorry to hear about your family's loss, hang in there! I think if you just specify as far as thanking them for bringing food, or flowers or whatever that is fine. That way all those who brought food, you could do in a group without having to think about the wording then move on to those who brought flowers. Just a simple thanks so much for bringing food or flowers etc should suffice just fine. I don't think you need to go into hard core specifics, people know you have a ton of things to do and that you have just had a major loss, the fact you are sending them in such a timely manner is impressive. Take care!
I think something quick and general would suffice. If something really struck you, or someone went really out of the way, then you could say a bit more. I hope you all are doing okay. It sounds like you have some great support.
