'If that post can help other women know how to be a better friend to their friends who are struggling, that’s a blessing and a gift.'
"In that week, I was still feeling very pregnant, feeling nauseous and my boobs hurt," she said."My body felt very pregnant but my mind knew that I wasn’t going to be much longer. That was a really hard thing to reconcile."
Gadd's friend, Anna, sent her a text that included four options for help, from which Anna said to pick one. The options included everything from allowing Anna to pick up Gadd's children from school or grabbing whatever she needed from Target, to having dinner delivered or"politely declining" her offer to help.
"I was going to have to go to Target that day but I was still nauseous and grieving," said Gadd."The thing that really stood out to me with Anna’s text is that she just made it so easy to say yes."When Gadd, thea storytelling site for mothers, shared the message in a post on Instagram, it received more than 17,000 likes and thousands more comments.
"I know Anna’s text showed me that there’s another way to do this," she said."The next time I see a friend walking through a hard time, I plan to send that text with the options."
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