Sympathy is when one person recognizes another person’s feelings. Sympathy is an empathic concern, a feeling of compassion for another. When you experience sympathy you will want the other person to get better and be happy.
People are often unhappy, sad and hurt when they experience a loss in the family. A death, passing, or illness may trigger this feeling. We often experience sympathy at these hard times. It is hard not to be compassionate for friends and family we love at their time of loss and pain.
The best thing we can do for someone at their time of loss is be there for them. It is important to be sympathetic and supportive. Talk to the person who is currently experiencing a loss.
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Sympathy is defined as: an affinity, association, or relationship between persons or things wherein whatever affects one similarly affects the other or a mutual or parallel susceptibility or a condition brought about by it .
” Some who seek sympathy, clearly only seek to be understood.”
Writer: Henry Springs
Chicago Mourns Maggie Daley 1943 – 2011
I must admit I didn’t know much about Mrs. Maggie Daley other than she was married to the former Mayor of the City of Chicago, Richard M Daley. I knew She was being treated for some form of cancer. Maggie Daley had been diagnosed with breast cancer more than nine years ago. Her story reminds me of one of those people in your congregation or connected circle of people who you only wish you knew more about after they died. You are privy to glimpses. You see why she achieved more notoriety, a much more individual presence after she was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2002 and underwent chemotherapy. Maggie Daily remained “strong and positive” and was a guiding light of hope for many cancer survivors who refused to let the disease take everything that was their life away from them. A funeral is the perfect time when a Funeral Note or a will honor her and her family’s memory in the most respectable way.
Maggie Daley’s plight with cancer inspired many. She was ” seen as a woman who fought the battle with dignity and grace” never letting the illness eclipse her bright spirit. She inspired cancer patients locally and nationally. Her way of life and commitment for women to explore “as many options” as they could prompted the establishment of the Maggie Daley Center for Cancer Care Women at Northwestern Memorial Hospital. She was one of those boundless personalities that continued to give through the examples and standards she set as well as with financial contributions. Her daughter Elizabeth’s wedding was moved up a few months . She was present for it on Nov. 17 and died at 68 on Nov.24th. She was said to have been at peace with herself and the disease. A perfect thought to mention in a Funeral or Sympathy Note to let the family know you wish to send something comforting in their time of loss.
Much of Mrs. Daley’s Life was spent in the shadow of Richard M Daley. Ironically much of his formative years were spent in the shadow of Richard J Daley who held the office of Mayor of the city of Chicago from 1955 to 1976, until he died. It was amidst all of these larger than life personas and historical political logistics that the name Maggie Daley was born. It appears many Chicagoans and Americans felt she had a particular bond to their lives. She was diagnosed and battled breast Cancer and its return. She was a mother , a wife and a political activist just as she moved many mothers, husbands and families trying to make sense of a city, a country that sometimes didn’t seem to be changing for the better with a zeal for life and a knack for beating the odds. She was a voice and a figure whose actions could matter and did. She was a champion of numerous other programs: After School Matters, the Chicago Cultural Center, additional education programs and Cancer awareness programs in general. If she could let her light shine with the examples of her life you surely can with a Sympathy or Acknowledgment Note and let them be reflective of them in yours.
sympathy in my opinion is creating this mutual symbiosis of assisting with pain. People deal with pain and fear in different ways. When an individual is able to share their feelings and help someone understand their feelings, it becomes a feel of sympathy.
“Life is eternal and love is immortal; And death is only a horizon, And a horizon is
nothing save the limit of our sight.”
Writer: Rossiter W. Raymond
Whitney Houston : August 9, 1963 t0 February 11, 2012
On Saturday Feb 11 , 2012 a voice was silenced. A voice that had risen for so many monumental occasions, so effortlessly, so uniquely and so memorably was suddenly silenced and will rise no more. Whitney Elizabeth Houston was announced dead to the world this Saturday on the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards.
A void has been left, an empty space. Many have sought to emulate it and few have come close. Ms. Houston’s three octave range, sometimes coy, sometimes regal delivery of material few attempted and few achieved. Her track record of awards speaks for itself. She has been cited by Guinness “as the most-awarded female act of all time.” She won two ‘Emmy Awards, six Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, and 22 American Music Awards , what becomes a total of 415. Sadly Whitney’s light had not shone so brilliantly as of late and her death was the final chapter for the comeback that many had hoped for, her final moment in time that she and the world so richly deserved. Whitney who was born in Newark, New Jersey had been performing since age 11. She died at age 48 in her guest room at the Beverly Hilton after drowning in her bath tub from what is said to have been a mixture of prescription drugs and alcohol. It may be weeks before authorities know exactly what occurred.
Ironically fans left flowers and candles for Houston outside the Beverly Hilton after her death Saturday. Her last album was released in 2009. It sold over 305,000 copies in its first week of release. During her Good Morning America Performance in 2009 she was not the ever consummate Whitney her public remembered and complications continued to plague her world tour. Most have attributed her continued pitfalls to her drug abuse. Even after to confessing to “abusing cocaine, marijuana and pills” there was little her public held against her. She had been redeemed by her public even before she sought outside help with her problem. She had already accomplished the unachievable and the fans, her worldwide audience wanted more. They are still asking for more but she is no more..
Ms. Houston’s claim to fame were her impeccable deliveries, one of a kind performances where she did things with her voice some people still only attempt. On her last concert tour her voice became “raspy and hoarse.” She struggled with high notes. It belied what fans had watched her deliver so many times before in earlier, happier, less complicated times. Whitney Houston made her debut to the world on the Merv Griffin Show in 1983. She previously spent years touring with her mother Cissy Houston, singing back up for the likes of Lou Rawls, Chaka Khan, Gladys Knight, Roberta Flack, the Michael Zager Band and Jermaine Jackson. Those were the baby steps that led to a track record that made her a bigger star than anyone would ever imagine. Her first solo performance was at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, ” Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah was the first song she performed publicly and ironically “Yes, Jesus loves Me” was the last song she performed with Kelly Price at a pre Grammy party the day before she died.
Ms Houston’s first number one song was “You Give Good Love”in 1985 and it was followed by (“Saving All My Love for You”; “How Will I Know”; “Greatest Love of All”; “I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me)”; “Didn’t We Almost Have It All”; “So Emotional” and “Where Do Broken Hearts Go”) that tallied up a string of seven consecutive number one songs. I Will Always Love You the theme from the Body Guard became her best and one of the best selling singles of all time, over 12 million worldwide. More music and movie sound tracks followed in Waiting To Exhale, The Preacher’s Wife, the albums My Love, Just Whitney, The Holiday Album and I Look To You.
Ms Houston had sold over 170 million albums and records worldwide over the course of her career. For many her voice had been eternal, just like “hopes springing high.” Throughout her career she had moved people to stop, think, hope, believe and dream. She inspired many and many inspired her. Perhaps if there is one last thought, one last action to take or sentence to write this is the best time to offer it up, your own personal condolence in a Funeral Note or Sympathy Card for the memories and the inspiration she now leaves us with. Many have been haunted by the sudden death and then the barrage of airplay and video rotation for Whitney who sings ” And I will always love you.
I will always love you. You, my darling you.” We have not even contemplated the question regarding the Whitney the world fell in love with. The Whitney for who so many of her fans grieve. Send a Funeral Note with Thoughts. You’d be surprised who might be listening.
“Dying is like coming to the end of a long novel–you only regret it if the ride was enjoyable and left you wanting more.” Why is we would almost always like, perhaps even mention something we hadn’t had a chance?
Writer: JEROME P. CRABB
Davy Jones Dies, Already Immortalized….
David Thomas Jones said his final goodbye on Wed Feb 29, 2012. The English entertainer, singer, song writer best known for his role as lead singer of the Monkees died of a sudden heart attack, according to medical autopsy results in Martin County, Florida.
He starred in the hit TV show of the same name, the Monkees, patterned after the real life Beattle’s invasion. The Monkeys premiered on NBC in 1966 and was canceled in 1968. I was born in 1967 and introduced to the Monkees through syndicated reruns, like many. They are still running, creating interest on what have become timeless issues: adolesence, family, fortune, fame and the changing landscape of American society.
David Thomas Jones was 66 when he died and continued to add to his repertoire as an entertainer. He was born in Manchester, England on Dec 1945. His career began eleven years later when he appeared on Coronation Street, a British television soap opera. Unfortunately the death of his mother at age 14 propelled him in a totally different direction. He tried horse jockeying instead and later returned to acting. Basil Foster trained him as a jockey but was approached by a casting agent for his role as the “Artful Dodger” in the London run of the musical Oliver Twist. He followed the cast to Broadway where he was nominated for a Tony Award in Feb 1964. Ironically his first appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show was at the same time as the Beattles. Jones “watched the Beattles from the side of the stage” and realized at that moment he wanted “a piece” of that. He and his band members did get ” a piece of” fame during their hey day from 1965-71.
The Monkees originally aired 1966 from 1966-68, strring Davy Jones, Mickey Dolenz, Peter Tork and Michael Nesmith. Davy Jones sang lead for the band. “I Wanna Be Free” and “Day Dream Believer” were songs that ent No. 1. “Day Dream Believer” was the number one song for the year of 1967 and they released four albums that reached No. 1 on the Hot 100 Chart. Davy continued to perform after the Monkees on television and Broadway. His career and the Monkees’ were filled with several more resurrections: appearances in episodes of the Brady Bunch, Here comes the Bride, Love American Style and My Two Dads. He’s had appearances in the Brady Bunch Movie, several productions of Oliver, lent his voice to The New Scooby-Doo Movies and costarred with Mickey Dolenz in The Point, a London stage Play way back in 1978. Jones also reunited with Peter Tork, and Mickey Dolenz in 1986 on MTV to celebrate their 20th anniversary and renewed popularity.
The new millennium saw Davy Jones returning to recording, releasing an album of old and new material called “Just Me” 2001. He performed at Epcot’s Flower Power Concert Series in the early 2000′s and continued to lend his talent towards children’s literature and musical accompaniments to enjoy it by: “Your Personal Penguin and Bloo Moo are examples. He also toured a circuit of “Hollywood nostalgia shows.”
At age 66 he still rode and trained horses. He was married three times and leaves a widow and four daaghters from two previous marriages. As with many people in the business, his time, his presence, warmth and personality touched a new generation that has become old and still remembers. As a result of syndication and the magic mirrors we look through I have memories of him where as otherwise I would not because I had not been born. Davy Jones contributed to what was then and what is now with laughter, wit, song and dance. It was a life well worth the affect it had on so many. If you are one of
those who was affected in the slightest take a moment to stop and write your thought down on a Funeral Note and send it off. “Like sunshine on” your shoulders it is amazing how significant some insignificant instances and people, both dead and alive have been in contributing to the quality of our time, our culture, our consciousness and our lives. “Davy was a beautiful soul.” His “spirit and soul live well in my heart among all the lovely people.” “He was the brother I never had.” so say his friends those he worked with in his memory. There must be a thought you’d surely like to write down?