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You want to support your employee, coworker, or friend with cancer, but you're not gonna offer to make or send a meal, offer the clean their bathroom or drop off groceries. So what do you do? Cancer is a serious disease, and most people who interact with a person with cancer are serious. It feels like that's what the situation warrants. But does it really? All the time? Nope! Sometimes you need to break out the silly. Sometimes you need to find the funny and absurd in a bad s

Good morning! I thought of this tip just now as I was waking up. Buy her an eye mask! Look … chemo may make your friend really drowsy and sleeping during the day can be a challenge. This is a simple and easy way to help your friend! I like this eye mask for a few reasons: It’s super soft. I usually don’t have eye-mask-face when I wake up. :-D And if I do, it doesn’t last as long as sheet-wrinkle-face does! It has these deep cups so her or his eyes won’t press against the mate

It feels like people equate cancer with don't-invite-anywhere! She has cancer, not some contagious disease! Ask your friend with cancer if she'd like you to host a small get-together. Simple, small and easy are the key words here. Having cancer is isolating because most people think, "Oh, she's sick. I can't invite her." Or "I don't want to make her feel bad by inviting her when she can't come." So instead your cancer friend feels hurt which is caused by your fear of hurtin

A person with cancer needs your continuous support and frankly, you need to give it to them for the sake of your soul! Sometimes a text is just the way to do it. Beyond sappy texts (which I am all for but they can seem a bit insincere if you send them all the time), why not send texts that are fun and will make them laugh! Here are five fun texts (according to my off sense of humor) to send to someone with cancer. Cause...laughter is the best medicine! 1. A joke. Any silly j