Gifts for Someone Recovering From Surgery

They may have a lot of pills in their life, this may help them make light of it.

Everything they need to make something with their hands, from the couch. Quiet, absorbing, and a break from thinking about anything else.

Sometimes there really isn't a good card. This one says it.

Hospitals are bright. Help them block some of it out.

Never under estimate the gift of doing something the your hands. 

A weekly question emailed to someone you love for a year — then their answers, bound into a hardcover book. 

Keeps their coffee or tea at the exact right temperature for hours. Perfect for people whose day gets interrupted a hundred times and whose drink always goes cold.

An easy way to pass the time with pictures of better times.

Remind them of better times with a favorite photo, one piece at a time.

Give the gift of mental rot. No thinking required.

"Foot massages lets her know she’s not alone sitting next to her friend but also a place where it’s 100 percent acceptable not to talk at all." Suggested by: anonymous 

Something to do with their hands while they swear about it.

"Real flowers are beautiful, but they die so quickly. I sent her paper flowers that she wouldn't have to take care of."  Suggested by: anonymous