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re: Need ideas for a really nice sympathy “gift”
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:39 am to dyslexiateechur
Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:39 am to dyslexiateechur
DoorDash gift card. I got one and it was really easy to pick what I wanted and get it delivered when I didn’t feel like going out.
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Posted on 5/6/25 at 10:47 am to dyslexiateechur
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Sudden loss of his 13 year old child. Hence feeling like nothing can possibly convey how sorry I am for his loss.
Awful.
I gave someone a very nice set of wind chimes when she lost her husband suddenly. I didn't get them engraved, but you can do so. I knew she had a place to hang them, but if you don't know or you aren't sure, give a shepherd's hook with them so they can place the chimes in the yard wherever they wish. No maintenance and they don't die. They have a sweet soothing sound.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:10 am to dyslexiateechur
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Sudden loss of his 13 year old child. Hence feeling like nothing can possibly convey how sorry I am for his loss.
Grief Groceries
You're right that there probably isn't anything perfect. But this is more practical than another casserole or a plant. With the loss of a child, it may be weeks before they feel up to going anywhere public. They may also not even have it in them to plan their own household's needs. Send something like this, maybe you save them a wave of guilt if they no longer have toothpaste or toilet paper in the house because they haven't thought about it in weeks.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:14 am to dyslexiateechur
Posted on 5/6/25 at 11:55 am to evil cockroach
I think I like the door dash gift card suggestion
Posted on 5/6/25 at 12:02 pm to evil cockroach
Ran it by the coworkers and everyone liked the door dash suggestion. Yhanks all.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:45 pm to dyslexiateechur
A nice candle.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 1:51 pm to tigerbank24
Following my Dad's death a friend donated a book in his name to the local public library. I thought it was a very nice gesture.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:13 pm to Gris Gris
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I gave someone a very nice set of wind chimes when she lost her husband suddenly.
I was planning to say this. My wife started doing this several years ago for people who had lost loved ones.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:18 pm to dyslexiateechur
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Sudden loss of his 13 year old child. Hence feeling like nothing can possibly convey how sorry I am for his loss.
Yeah I can’t imagine the grief of having to bury a child.
I vote food and bring it by if you can.
You’re right, it’s impossible to convey how sorry you are so just sit in it with them if they allow you to.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:24 pm to dyslexiateechur
After my child died, my good friend picked me up. We went out to pawpaw's old place, smoked a bowl, drank some highlife & listened to Hank Jr.
That was better than any basket, food, plant, or anything else really.
That was better than any basket, food, plant, or anything else really.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 2:26 pm
Posted on 5/6/25 at 2:37 pm to dyslexiateechur
My coworkers gave me wind chimes.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:23 pm to TB026787
edited,
I did not see it was his child. I cannot imagine the hurt. If he is religious perhaps a nice leather bound bible or book of select scriptures?
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 3:29 pm
Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:26 pm to I20goon
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Hookers and blow. Gifts for all occasions.
You say that, but you should have seen the looks that I got at the "Welcome Home From Rehab for Sex and Cocaine Addiction" party.
This post was edited on 5/6/25 at 3:28 pm
Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:29 pm to Zap Rowsdower
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. While the love being exhibited the day of the death and the time leading up to the service is awesome we tend to forget that it’s the time after that in the days and weeks to follow when everything slows down that the real sense of grief begins to set in and we need to be there for our acquaintances, friends, and loved ones. Just give them a buzz and feel them out to see if they want company that day.
People will give you about two weeks then they're ready for you to move on. If ypu don't, they move on without you. Grief makes people uncomfortable and they avoid it, and you if you are grieving.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:35 pm to LazloHollyfeld
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Quick handy in the bathroom should do the trick
Only if we can use the handicap stall.
Posted on 5/6/25 at 3:45 pm to Obtuse1
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I gave someone a very nice set of wind chimes when she lost her husband suddenly.
I was planning to say this. My wife started doing this several years ago for people who had lost loved ones.
My friend was very appreciative. She said it feels a little like her husband is around when she hears it.
I've given them to some other folks as well who were also very appreciative. I gave some to a friend who lost her mother. Ironically, her mother had given her a set many years ago and it had just broken. She'd thrown it away the day my set arrived. She couldn't believe it when she opened the box.
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