Send her a
prescription.
16 care packages for specific bad weeks. Each one has what to put in the box, why it is there, how to hand it over without making it weird, and a printable Rx card to tuck inside.
Heartbreak
For the plot twist with a man in it.
- She just went through a breakup
The breakup care package
For the friend who is fine, she says, from under a blanket. Seven things for the first bad week, and none of them mention his name.
7 things → - She got ghosted
The got-ghosted care package
He vanished. She is refreshing. This box gives her hands something better to do than check when he was last online.
6 things →
Body stuff
For the days her body files a complaint.
- Her period is being a menace
The period care package
Warmth, water, a soft layer, and a pouch so the supplies stop rattling around her bag. For the days her uterus files a formal complaint.
7 things → - Her first period is coming (for parents)
A first period kit, for the grown-up putting it together
A calm, practical kit for a kid who is about to start, or just did. The goal: the first one is a non-event, and she knows exactly who to ask.
7 things → - She is getting her wisdom teeth out
The wisdom teeth recovery care package
For a few days of puffy cheeks, soft food and a very long couch stay. Nothing in here is crunchy, and nothing in here has a straw.
7 things → - She is home sick
The sick day care package
For a cold, a flu, or a “just feel terrible” week. Soft tissues, a warm layer, and fluids within reach of the couch.
7 things →
Big life stuff
For exams, layoffs, moves, new babies and night shifts.
- She has finals week
The finals week care package
For the student living in the library: things that make long study days quieter, warmer and slightly better hydrated.
7 things → - She lost her job
A care package for a friend who lost her job
Laid off, let go, or rejected after the fourth interview. A box that says “this is rough” without saying “so, what’s next?”
7 things → - She is moving house
The moving day survival kit
Everything she needs on the first night in the new place, when the kettle is in a box labelled “misc” and the shower curtain is missing.
8 things → - She works night shifts
The night shift care package
For nurses, bakers, security, warehouse crews and anyone else who sleeps while the rest of the street mows the lawn.
7 things → - She just had a baby
A new mom care package (for her, not the baby)
Everyone is buying the baby tiny socks. This box is for the person who is now feeding someone every few hours and has not finished a glass of water since.
8 things →
Weather and travel
For too hot, too cold, and too long in a plane seat.
- She has a long flight
The long-haul flight kit
For the red-eye, the overnight, the fourteen hours in a middle seat. A small kit that makes a plane feel slightly more like a bed.
7 things → - She is surviving a heatwave
The heatwave survival kit
For outdoor weddings, festival weekends, summer commutes and the apartment without central air. Cooler, drier and not chafed.
7 things → - She is always cold
The cold-weather care package
For the friend who is cold from the first frosty morning until sometime in April.
6 things →
New pets
For the friend who went to the shelter “just to look.”
- She just adopted a dog
A care package for a new dog owner
For the friend who went to the shelter “just to look.” The dog has everything. She needs a little support.
6 things → - She just adopted a cat
A care package for a new cat owner
For the friend now living with a small, judgmental roommate. Climbing, feeding and fur management, sorted.
6 things →
Send a ritual instead.
The Emotional Support Aisle has a diagnosis, a treatment and side effects for the breakup, the ghosting and the 1 a.m. text. Free to send, and it comes with her name on it.
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