write an email to your friend whose parents were hospitalised with Covid.
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Recently, a friend described her elderly mother’s graveside funeral, attended by her three children and their spouses, a priest and pallbearers from the funeral home. Her death was not COVID-related, but she was ill, and my friend wondered if the thought of long days and nights without company had something to do with her dying. The virus changes everything.
So, we do what we can: we send emails or e-cards, sign the virtual guest book posted by the funeral home, Skype, FaceTime or Zoom. No snark, please; it’s a blessing.
My husband was with his mother when she died years ago, in Florida. To this day, he gets teary remembering the comfort of the many messages of sympathy posted on his Facebook page.
He also treasured the notes and cards that came through the United States Postal Service, which — as of today — still exists.
Sending a card has always been a way of showing up — and it has the added benefit of maintaining a safe distance.
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But with the number of COVID-19 deaths continuing to climb, sympathy cards are as scarce as two-ply toilet paper.
Of course, a message of sympathy can just as easily be sent inside any card. Flowers or birds on the cover are soothing; impressionist paintings and Japanese landscapes are also nice. You don’t need a card at all. For centuries, people wrote messages of condolence on plain paper, also known as stationary.
The loss of sympathy cards is a problem. Confronted with the blank page most of us are at a loss.
“I don’t know what to say.”
Nobody has the right words. It’s not a time for eloquence.
It’s simple. Begin with:
“I am so sorry for your loss.”
Write a line or two about the person who died:
“I’ve been looking at pictures of us.”
“I will always remember how she beamed at your wedding.”
“Reading about him made me wish I’d gotten to know him."
Express a hope for the future:
“I look forward to the day we can be together.”
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Chrsitabel” features multiple meaningful dreams. In fact, the reason Christabel is in the woods at such an unholy hour is because “She had dreams all yesternight/Of her own betrothed knight;/And she in the midnight wood wi