Empathy Cards As you all know, I have talked and talked (and talked!) about what to say and what not to say to someone who has cancer. It is stupendously important for friends of people who have cancer to know how to connect and communicate about sickness and suffering without bringing dreaded false cheer or… Continue reading Emily McDowell Sympathy Cards
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Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What to Say (or Not to Say) #3
Next up in the series of What to Say (or Not to Say) to someone with FBC revolves around chemo. I heard this line many times, “You only have — X #’s — of chemos left.” Now this was always well intended, as are the majority of the things that are said to cancer patients. I… Continue reading Breast Cancer Awareness Month: What to Say (or Not to Say) #3