My goal is to come up with 100 things you can do for someone experiencing a tough time (not just cancer,not just a physical illness, including someone experiencing personal loss such as a job or death of a friend or family member). Feel free to add your contributions like "Anonymous" did yesterday. I'm putting their comment first on today's list. None of these are me asking for help. They are lessons I've learned from people much wiser and thoughtful than me. I'll start with 10
1)Learn to listen well and be a friend. Allow the person with the problem to get it out and begin to recover.
2)If you go to visit in the hospital, take snack treats for the staff.
3)Send "Thinking of You" cards every so often.
4)Do their laundry for them.
5)Take lunch or dinner and stick around to enjoy it with them. Or, just go and talk if you aren't sure of their food preferences.
6)Go with your friend for any treatments they require.
7)Help them create a journal of their experiences (i.e. written in a regular journal or a blog - even though them blog folks can be obnoxious with their updates and stuff).
8)Buy them "Thank You" cards and stamps so they can write notes and mail them.
9)Find out what makes them laugh and rent a movie, or buy a book to facilitate their laughter.
10)If their church records the services, take a copy of the church service to them.
More to come......
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Is there a grandma, aunt, uncle or friend who is the center of communications in your world? A person who is interested in everyone else and about whom everyone cares? Be a positive contributor in life and become more like that person.
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