Ways to Comfort a Sick Friend

Do you have a friend who is ill and may take some time to recover? Maybe you have a friend that has a really bad cold or the flu and can't get out of bed. Here are a few ways that you can help to give them care and comfort.

Offer to help your friend out with daily errands such as food shopping or cleaning. You could also buy them items that they might need while they are sick. They may need chicken soup, over the counter medications or tissues. You could also pick them up some magazines or word puzzle books to help give them something to do while they are sick and recovering.

Send your friend a greeting card with a personal note inside wishing them well. This might brighten up their day a little bit to receive a get well card in the mail.

Let your friend know that you are thinking of them by calling them or stopping by to check up on them. Sometimes when people are sick they feel lonely, so it might help them to hear your voice on the phone or see them in person.

Send your friend a gift, preferably something you know that they will like. You could send flowers, a fruit basket, candies or anything that you know that they enjoy.

Bring over a good movie and watch it with your friend. If your friend likes comedies, then bring over a funny movie that you know the two of you will enjoy watching together. This will help to bring their spirits up.

Offer to cook for them. You could cook something at your own home and bring it over for them. Maybe you can make them a homemade soup or a good comforting meal.

If your friend has children, offer to babysit the children if you can. Maybe you could take them to your house for a couple days or even for just a few hours.

If you are religious or pray, tell them that you are praying for them to help them heal. In the Catholic church, we usually light a candle in church for a sick person that we know and then kneel and say a prayer for them. We can also submit their name in the church bulletin and have their names read at mass so that everyone attending the mass can pray for them as well. Let them know that they are being remembered through prayers.

Try to be humorous and make them laugh. If you think your friend could use a good laugh, then tell them some funny stories about things that the two of you have experienced together. Do you have any funny or embarrassing stories? Laughter is a good medicine and can help them with their recovery. Support from a good friend also helps too.