What do you do when you want to help a family member or a friend to feel better ?

Question

Thank you for being so nice! ;)


Thank you for sharing your life with me and have a wonderful weekend! :)

Answer 1

Sometimes the best thing is just being there. Most of us just want to know that we are not alone. That someone out there cares for us.
Everyone has to have downs to some degree, so that they may better enjoy the highs.
I know that there have been parts of life that would be considered difficult. Hardships if you will. And I am grateful for those life lessons. Makes it so much more vital to me to appreciate the wonders of life that I do have.
My most fantastic husband-to-be makes my life a joy everyday. I know together will get through anything. I'm his rock and he's mine.

Even so, life will still continue to throw some unhappiness your way.
When it's not you that is hurting the best thing in my mind is to just lend your support. A kind touch, a fetched glass of water, a blanket wrapped around lovingly, heck even just having a tissue handed to you can be all you really need at the moment.
The best thing about all those gestures for the one receiving the kindness, is the knowledge that you aren't leaving them. That you don't judge their weakness. That you are there for the good times and the bad.

My wish for everyone, is to find as they walk down the road of life in it's occasional foul weather, that there is someone at their side. It's enough, believe me.

Answer 2

my fiancee' and I moved back to my hometown in Kentucky ,this past may.
He knew that I wanted to be nearer to my parent because,they are in there 80's.my parents are very important to me and I intend to spend as much time with them as I possibly can.Thet are in god health,except my mom, has emmaculate degenerazation in her eyes. She is completely blind in one eye,and the doctors are giving her medicine to help save her other eye from going blind. She is terrified,, and i amterrified for her.So,Isend her cards, 3
days aweek and buy her little thing like:flowers, magnets with special words and phrases on them,little animals made of peewter when I am able to find them.My fiancee'take my parents out to Sunday dinner 2 times a month,that is
a nice time and my mom loves going out to eat.
my dad is easy to shop for,if i see a pol shirt that will loke god on him,we purchase it,he is into pajama pants so I buy one or two pair of those when i go to "Old Navy.I buy him plants and flowers in the spring for his beautifully landscaped yard.For his birthday this year,I called a peach orchard and had 24 Wellstone peaches from Georgia,he was so tickled.....
I am always buying presents for my fiancee' and that embarrasses him.
But I don't care.He loves french/italian chewy, crusty bread and a couple times in each month, he will wake up too hot read to eat with his coffee. I also buy columbian coffee at a place out of state and they mail it to me monthly.
i spoil my 23 year old favorite niece wtith jewelry and clothes and gift certificates alot through the year.I consider her, the daghter that I never had.
If someone is sick, I always send a special card with flowers and a personal call,I do this with everyone that i know ,that is special too me.
If a loved one or friend is sad, I will take them out to lunch and try and cheer them up.I tell them,if they want to talk, I am a good listener and I will be here for you..and they usually open up to me and i try and help them.I will send them cards every day to show them that i support them and love them....I love giving things to people ,better than recieving.it makes me hapy to be able to put a smile on there face that makes me happy.Thanks for another thumbs up queston,keep them coming,i wrote your e-mail down so I can watch for your special questions.Take care.

Answer 3

I just try to be there for them, comfort them, make them laugh if they feel up to it, and perhaps just do little things that you know they like having done. I may also cook for them, clean their home if they have been bedfast for a while, or run errands for them if they need me to. :) It's sometimes nice to just sit with them, hold their hand, and let them know that I care.

Answer 4

u should talk to them. ask them wats wrong. care 4 them more. just n e of these things.

Answer 5

Sit near them, with your shoulders touching with his/hers. Don't talk much, just hold their hands and sit near them...

Answer 6

be there for them...be a good listener....take them out to lunch or a movie....just to be supportive for them...

Answer 7

I give them hugs and smile to them and talk to them.

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