I never really gave it much thought until facing my own terminal illness. The phrase “Get Well Soon”…it’s everywhere, embedded in the cultural consciousness through greeting cards, balloons and cakes. Sounds great, right?
Here’s why it fails:
As someone with a terminal disease, the phrase can feel flat and almost robotic. I know anytime someone posts that phrase on my page, I would hope they would take the time to say something a little more and think about an alternative phrase. Some suggestions:
- Sending you healing vibes
- You are in our thoughts
- praying for you
- let me know if there is anything I can do, please let me know
- I made a donation on your behalf
- (hopefully you get some of your own ideas out of these suggestions)
This is not to say the intent is missing as anyone who has dealt with a life-threatening illness knows, it’s a difficult thing to deal with, but perhaps take a moment to put some more thought, relay a fond story or memory, say something special that shows they are important.
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