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This morning, I saw this segment on Today's show. Hallmark makes cards for cancer patient with cute rhyme like:
"Cancer is a villain who doesn't play fair ... but it can't dim your spirit, and it can't silence prayer."
hmmmmm, am I glad I didn't get one of those. They said that they created them because people had a hard time knowing what to say:
"They said, 'I don't know what to say during a difficult time, so I don't say anything at all,' " Steffens said. "So again there's an opportunity there to help them talk through these tough situations that they're dealing with, and to foster that communication."
The guy on the show had a real good point. I must agree with him. Yes, it's supposed to be difficult to find what to say to cancer people, because cancer is life-threatening and devastating. You are supposed to struggle to find the right thing to say.
"I don't know what to say to her. oh! Hallmark has cards for me!" ...... ummmmmm, I don't think so... This is the time for a blank card or a plain sheet of notepaper, one on which you write your very own words, by hand, from the heart.
I always love hallmark's cards (my sister worked for Hallmark Japan for 3 years), but those sentimental greeting card specifically addressing the illness in a rhyming manner seems gross profitting.
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