empathy

There Is No Good Card for This: What to Say and Do When Life Is Scary, Awful, and Unfair to People You Love

By Kelsey Crowe and Emily McDowell
Star Rating
★★★★★

Rated by Sarah As
Oct 17, 2017

Here’s a familiar situation that we’ve all been in -  you see someone you know that has recently lost a loved one, or is going through a serious illness, or recently got divorced and that little voice in your head says “do I say something or not . . .  I don’t know them that well . . . what do I say that won’t make matters worse . . . . " Well, here’s a practical and humorous guide encouraging us to go ahead, reach out and fumble; it’s better than not reaching out at all!

In short, colorful chapters, the authors share examples of their “Three Touchstones of Showing Up” – your kindness is your