I spotted a sympathy card that Megan had bought (not sure who died yet, to be honest) and noticed that it actually didn’t have the standard boring “Our thoughts/prayers are with you”.  Those were always generic to me, although there’s not a lot of ways of tastefully saying “Hey, sorry someone you knew died, and even though we can’t do anything, here’s a shiny card.”  The “You are in our minds” cards are also used a bit too often although sometimes those two selections are your only choices.

This particular card said “May memories comfort you” on the front.  Inside, it said:

Even though a very special person’s

Life has passed

The happiness, the joy you shared –

With sympathy

Here’s the catch - let’s hope they actually DO have good memories of that person!  If you send a card like this to a friend who actually hated the person who just kicked the oxygen habit, it might not go over well.  I doubt the person would ever actually call you and say “To be honest, I was kind of hoping they’d die soon since I really had BAD memories of this wanker, but thanks for the card anyway”.