So often, when a loved one becomes sick, friends and family feel helpless. They don’t know what to do. They don’t know how to help. They feel … adrift, without any concrete action to take. I’ve suggested things before that can help you help a friend. (To that list, I add: find soft button down shirts or cute zip hoodies for mastectomy patients to wear during recovery and radiation. Oh, the sunburn.) But recently I happened upon some even better advice.
Here’s a way to help your friend, help yourself, and help those who really need it.
And for this, I give my new friend Kate a Perfect Post award. For more perfect posts, head on over to Petroville or Suburban Turmoil .
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April 1, 2008 at 9:32 pm
Thanks for sharing your new friend with us. Her blog is amazing. As is yours.
April 1, 2008 at 10:54 pm
Yes! I am a blood donor, but have fallen off the wagon since getting pg. Well my son just turned two so I think it’s safe to get back to the blood bank and start donating again! Hopefully it won’t be a problem that I’ve had a few surgeries in the last two years…it seems there are so many reasons they will turn you down. But I’ll definitely try!
I first started after seeing a horrible, horrible car accident. We didn’t stop because so many people already had and obviously we would just be in the way, but I wanted to help somehow. I decided to start donating that afternoon.
April 1, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Thank you. After reading your friend’s website… I am ashamed that I have used those very excuses and have NEVER donated. I made my appointment today. I’ll start next Thursday and never look back. Thank you for your website and for sharing so much.
April 2, 2008 at 8:37 am
i have never donated blood–perhaps it is time i do.
April 2, 2008 at 8:47 am
That is a great post. I haven’t donated blood since my early 20s. A great kick in the pants to do so again, now.