Telling someone they’re not alone is the easy part. The harder thing, the part that actually changes how a Tuesday night feels, is writing something specific enough that it doesn’t sound like every other check in text they’ve gotten. What follows is sorted by five different versions of lonely, because loneliness rarely shows up the
“I am here for you” is one of the easiest sentences to type and one of the hardest to actually deliver on, which is why so many of them get sent and so few of them get remembered. This piece holds 55 versions of that sentence, organized by how much follow-through each one carries, from
When someone you care about is going through something hard, the message that helps most is rarely the one that tries to fix it. It’s the one that says, plainly, that the situation is hard and that you’re not going anywhere. Below are 80 words of encouragement for hard times, organized by what they actually
Some days don’t need a recap before bed, they need permission to end. This is for the nights when someone you care about had a hard day and you want to say something true without trying to fix what happened or pretend it was fine. Inside you’ll find good night messages after a difficult day
You are holding a card, or a blank text thread, and you know you want to say something to someone who is not feeling well. The trouble is that “not feeling well” covers a lot of ground. A friend with a bad cold needs something completely different from a coworker who just had surgery, and