What to Say in a Sympathy Card

Loss of a near and loved ones, leaves behind a deep void in our existence and we are often left with no words to express our feelings.The loss leads to a certain numbness in our life that we simply find it difficult to express. What to say in a sympathy card becomes a puzzling affair. However, sympathy card wordings, can at least provide some console to the heart...
What to Say in a Sympathy Card
Encountering a situation that involves the loss of a dear and closed ones, is surely emotionally exhausting. All of a sudden, the world crumbles and our life becomes a question mark. It is true that no words can replace the love, value and belonging we had for the deceased person, but we can help the grief-stricken person by sympathy sayings. When sending sympathy messages, display genuine concern and bonding for the deceased person. Give a thought at the qualities of the deceased person and his achievements and then send a sympathy message. Many people prefer sending sympathy flowers, but sympathy cards are an even better way to express your feelings for the deceased soul. Spiritual messages, verses in the fond remembrance of the deceased person, can be send through a sympathy card. Your messages and sympathy card sayings can bring a solace and support to the family of the deceased person. Here, in this article, I have tried to list some sympathy card sayings and some appropriate words for a sympathy card.

Sympathy Card Wording
  • Please accept our most heartfelt sympathies for your loss…our thoughts are with you and your family during this difficult time.
  • Our hearts go out to you in your time of sorrow.
  • He/She will never be forgotten
  • May your heart and soul find peace and comfort.
  • Fondest remembrances
  • We write you with heartfelt condolences at this sad time. You are in our thoughts and prayers.
  • If tears could build a stairway, and memories a lane, I'd walk right up to heaven and bring you home again
  • Gentle thoughts during these difficult days
  • Forever remembered, forever missed
  • Someone so special can never be forgotten
  • Those we love don't go away, they walk beside us every day. Unseen, unheard, but always near, so loved, so missed, so very dear.
  • Please accept my condolences. We are deeply sorry to hear about the death of "name of deceased".
Some Sympathy Card Quotes

"He kept at true good humor's mark
The social flow of pleasure's tide:
He never made a brow look dark,
Nor caused a tear, but when he died"- Thomas Love Peacock

"When you are sorrowful look again in your heart, and you shall see that in truth you are weeping for that which has been your delight." - Khalil Gibran

"Like a bird singing in the rain, let grateful memories survive in time of sorrow" - Robert Louis Stevenson

"I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love." - Leo Buscaglia

"There is a sacredness in tears.
They are not the mark of weakness,
but of power.
They speak more eloquently
than 10,000 tongues.
They are the messengers
of overwhelming grief,
of deep contrition,
and of unspeakable love." - Washington Irving

You can use the sympathy verses for death in your sympathy cards and help the family to recover from the loss of their loved one. If you wish to know more about verses that you can send in the sympathy card then read, verses for memory of loved ones. Be sure to know exactly what to say in a sympathy card for the sympathy card wording must be delicate enough to convey grief and condolence with a certain amount of euphemism.

By Kundan Pandey
Published: 8/17/2009
 
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