Useful wording, clear boundaries, transparent sourcing.
The examples should sound like language a real person could adapt, and the surrounding advice should distinguish editorial judgment from externally sourced guidance.
1. Original message examples
Sample messages are written as original editorial examples. We do not intentionally reproduce greeting-card catalogs, competitors’ lists, social captions, or copyrighted quotation collections. A reader should adapt examples with names, memories and details rather than treating them as mandatory scripts.
2. One real task, one guide
Tone and length variations usually belong together. A separate guide is useful when the recipient, milestone, medium or situation materially changes what someone needs to write.
3. Sensitive-topic sourcing
Advice around bereavement, cancer, hospice and pet loss can affect vulnerable readers. When an external source materially informs guidance—such as listening, avoiding assumptions, respecting privacy or offering specific practical help—the page identifies that source. We use reputable organizations and distinguish their guidance from our original sample wording.
4. No invented expertise
We do not invent a doctor, therapist, grief counselor, pastor, etiquette expert or other named reviewer. If a future page is genuinely reviewed by a qualified person, that review should be documented accurately. Until then, the site describes its work as editorial guidance.
5. Practical usefulness before volume
A guide should give an immediate answer, multiple distinct examples, context-specific groups, personalization help, cautions where useful, a build-your-own formula, FAQs and meaningful related links. Closely related wording should stay together when it serves the same reader need.
6. Quotations and religious text
If a guide later includes attributed quotations or Scripture, wording and attribution should be verified. Original messages should not be falsely presented as historical quotations, and paraphrases should not be placed inside quotation marks.
7. Corrections
Accuracy is more important than preserving an earlier version. Factual errors, broken sources, misleading implications or inappropriate wording should be corrected when found. Stable URLs are kept when the underlying writing task remains the same.
8. Scope
This is a wording reference. It does not diagnose health conditions, provide treatment advice, replace grief or mental-health support, interpret law, or provide personalized professional advice.
Last updated: September 10, 2026