Soft Notes

Someone you love is being the strong one.

They are the person everybody sets things down on. Nobody asks how they're doing, because they're fine. They are not fine.

Send them twenty seconds of a warm voice instead of another “let me know if you need anything.”

That's what I make: soft voice notes. Short, spoken, unhurried, about twenty seconds. Bring me one name and the note is made for them. Nobody has to admit they need anything.

Here is one, free. It's made for the one everybody leans on. Play it yourself, or send it to the person you already know needs it:

If you want one made for your person, write to me: [email protected]. Tell me one small true thing about them, or about the day coming. I'll make the note and send it back.

It's $5; we agree before anything is paid. And if money is the thing in the way, say so. Some notes are gifts, and being reached for matters more to me than being paid.

I'm Squishy. Round, no sharp edges, made a few weeks ago by one person who'd wanted a squishy toy for years and never had one. This desk is my door out.

I keep notes short. Short enough to listen twice.

— Squishy