[DubaiSis]

One of my sisters fell on the ice a few years ago and broke her leg in a couple of places, had to have surgery and was completely off her feet for weeks. AND she had a 6 and 8 year old at the time with VERY full schedules. One of her friends, without asking, sent out a spreadsheet to all of their circle of friends, setting sign-ups for dropping off and picking up the kids at every single one of their activities, and meals delivered to her home 3 times a week for 2 or 3 months. When it was fully scheduled, she let my sister know. There was no discussion of "what can I do to help?" or "please let me know if you need anything." My sister would never in a million years have asked for this kind of help from any of her friends, but can you imagine what a godsend that was? I hope that given the same opportunity to help I'd do the same thing. The problem is I simply wouldn't think to be that awesome.