BibiRabat, MA
My neighbour walked the dog while I was in hospital and would not take anything for it.
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Idris The dog does not accept excuses. Mine is the same.
Saturday 4 October 2025
What are you carrying for somebody else at the moment?
Carers especially. What are you holding? — asked by Wren
MargueriteQuebec City, CA
Nobody in particular and everybody a bit. It has been an all right week for people.
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Bryn M I hope the appeal goes your way. Petra is worth asking.
IvesPenzance, UK
A colleague covered for me on a bad day and never mentioned it again.
5
KezWigan, UK
The pharmacist who caught something on my prescription and stopped me. I think about that moment most weeks.
6
OrsolyaBudapest, HU
A colleague covered for me on a bad day and never mentioned it again.
5
MimiHong Kong
Honestly it has been a lonely fortnight. Reading this box is most of my social life at the moment.
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JontyOxford, UK
Somebody I look after was kind to me, which is the wrong way round and I noticed.
5
SaraOslo, NO
The facilitator who stopped a room of six people talking at once and asked me how I actually was.
5
TiernanOmagh, NI
The facilitator who stopped a room of six people talking at once and asked me how I actually was.
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NemoneLewes, UK
The practice nurse who ran the bloods rather than telling me to take a supplement.
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Bethan Yes to the burping. It does settle.
RinManchester, UK
My sister, who has said nothing about any of it and I have decided that is her being kind.
5
IvorLlanelli, UK
A stranger held a door and I nearly wept, which tells you what sort of week it has been.
7
ZenBristol, UK
Somebody I look after was kind to me, which is the wrong way round and I noticed.
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Saff Genuinely pleased for you, and quietly, as instructed.
WystanCheltenham, UK
My GP, who read the diary I brought in rather than glancing at it.
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