Easy Ways to Show Someone You Care

Here are some ways to show you care:

• Make something special (a card, a memory book, a photo album of your favorite memories, or anything you know how to make). (See the Crafts section in this article.)

• Draw pictures and decorate their room together.

• Bring games and play together.

• Share your favorite stuffed animal or toy.

• Write a poem about how much you love that person.

• Write a story and read it aloud to them.

• Make a playlist of their favorite songs and listen to them together.

• Read a book to them to help the time pass more quickly.

• Bring your magazines with pictures of their favorite celebrities or singers. You can decorate the room with their favorite pictures.

• Make treats and eat them together. (See the Easy recipes section of this article.)

• Help out around the house or offer to take care of younger siblings when needed.

• Give your mom or sister a makeover, manicure, or pedicure.

Here are some ways to show you care:

• Write them a powerful letter full of love.

• Take care of some of their responsibilities (for example, watch their kids, do their laundry, cook them dinner, or go shopping for them).

• Call often to remind them how much you love them and how you are always thinking of them.

• Check with the person before you visit. It may help to make short, frequent visits instead of longer, infrequent visits.

• When you visit, bring a book to read aloud or a movie to watch together.

• Bring them pictures of your times together and hang them where they can be viewed all the time.

• Spend time reminiscing about the fun times that you've shared (as children, in high school or college, or on vacations). Remind them that there will be more good times in the future.

Here are some ways to show you care:

• Be very affectionate with them whether they are ill or not.

• Have a special day and let them plan an event or activity. (See the Crafts section of this article.)

• Take them on a picnic or have a family movie night with popcorn and other special treats.

• Help your child make a card or collage for their ill sibling or parent. (See the Crafts section of this article.)

• Share happy stories with your children (for example, how you met, what your wedding was like, the day when they were born.)

• Spend time making treats together and then share them with others. (See the Easy recipes section of this article.)

• If a child has to miss a school dance or other activity, recreate it in your house or at the hospital.

Here are some ways to show you care:

• Tell your spouse that they are beautiful and sexy. People who are undergoing chemotherapy may have low self-esteem due to hair loss and weight loss. It is important for you to remind them that they are still attractive. Try to direct the focus to their healthy features.

• Fill their room with lots of photos of the 2 of you together.

• Have a candlelight dinner in bed.

• Bathe together or give your spouse a bath (use rose petals and aromatherapy candles).

• Write a romantic love letter or poem. Really let your spouse know how you feel. Recreate a special day or moment in your relationship.

• Reminisce about the day you met, how you fell in love, and other special moments in your lives. Read to your spouse from a book of love poems.

• Be as affectionate as you can. Speak to the healthcare provider about what you can safely do. Try to be as close to your spouse as possible. Hug as much as you can, hold their hand, caress their arms and legs, kiss them often and anywhere you can, and rekindle your sexual relationship.

Being loving and supportive every day are the 2 most important things you can do.