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Thoughtful Spot

How We Write

Every message here was written for this site, by hand, to sound like a person and not a greeting card.

Our rules

  • Short beats clever. Most messages are one to three sentences.
  • Words people actually say. If it would sound strange out loud, we rewrite it.
  • Gentle with grief. We avoid phrases many grieving people say hurt, and we keep faith-based messages in their own group.
  • No copying. We do not reproduce poems, lyrics or other people’s writing.