I Had Cancer. Let Me Tell You What Chemo Patients Really Need.
Time. Essential oils. You taking my husband on a date. At the worst time in my life, I could have used a gift registry for things like these.
Source: I Had Cancer. Let Me Tell You What Chemo Patients Really Need.
(No, I didn’t have cancer. I am using WordPress’ Press This feature and the article title was assigned automatically.)
Anyway. So I had recently read Cancer is a Bitch, so one might say that reading this piece from a cancer survivor is quite timely.
My takeaway – Gifts of time. It’s not just friends or family who are sick or getting treatment who would find such gifts priceless and valuable. Most any one would appreciate it. I know I would.
I think that if we really try hard, we can find ways to gift time and experiences to those dear to us.
I haven’t been a great gift giver lately. I’ve gone commercial, or I’ve resorted to picking items from social enterprises or handmade bespoke items just so my gifts would be meaningful. But if I really put more thought and love into the gifts, I would probably be able to find out what the recipient would appreciate more – because it answered a need they may not have even known existed.
Right now, I would appreciate a car wash. Haha. It’s just one of those things I choose not to spend my time on, you know? You don’t even have to wash it yourself. Just take the time to bring my car in for a good cleaning. I would be so thankful. 🙂
I do not mean to trivialize the point of the author from the Story of Stuff Blog. I just really feel that it applies to so many people and to a variety of situations.
I am also at this point where I want to be more intentional in how I spend my time. I’m surely a work in progress. Much of my time, for sure, is wasted on things that aren’t important. Reading about gifts of time and experience just fits right into that concept of intentional living that I would so like to achieve.
What do you think?