{"id":199,"date":"2008-02-26T12:24:22","date_gmt":"2008-02-26T16:24:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/get-well-cards-nice-to-receive-even-if-you%e2%80%99re-not-sick\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T22:31:28","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:31:28","slug":"get-well-cards-nice-to-receive-even-if-youre-not-sick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/blog\/inspirational-greeting-card-tales\/get-well-cards-nice-to-receive-even-if-youre-not-sick\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Well Cards: Nice to Receive, Even if you\u2019re Not Sick!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoy working for a company that makes <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/all-occasion-cards\/get-well-cards.htm\">business get well cards<\/a><\/strong> and other types of greeting cards, but there comes a time when every person needs a break from her job. Finally, a vacation! After a year of not going anywhere except occasionally to upstate New York, I decided it was time that I kick up my heels on a sandy, warm beach in the Caribbean and forget about my work in the world of corporate greeting cards for a week. I decided it best to go at the end of winter, my least favorite season, to rejuvenate myself and try to regain that healthy glow I once had months prior. April seemed like the perfect time. Everything was planned, my vacation days were approved, and I was ready to go! But in the hullabaloo of preparation and excitement, I forgot to tell one person that I would be out of the office\u2026an outside business vendor.<\/p>\n<p>It didn\u2019t even cross my mind that I had forgotten to mention my vacation to Holly, my off-site vendor whom I speak to almost daily on the phone, until I came home. I was rested, tanned and relaxed, trying to catch up on \u201creal life\u201d by going through my mail at home. I came across a few envelopes for greeting cards, which I assumed were for my upcoming birthday. We often exchange <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/birthday-cards\/business-birthday-cards.htm\">business birthday cards<\/a><\/strong> with our vendors so I thought the envelope with the Kansas return address contained a birthday card from Holly. Instead, when I opened the envelope I found a beautiful get well card. \u201cA get well card? Who is sick?\u201d I wondered to myself. I opened up the greeting card and found it was addressed to me! Normally, I\u2019d be touched to receive get well cards from colleagues or vendors but since I wasn\u2019t ill, I was a bit confused. The message inside the greeting card read:<\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Janine,<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>I have not received any calls from you in a week, and figured you were out of the office. At first I thought you were on vacation, but knew you would\u2019ve told me, and assumed that you were sick. I hope you feel better and are back at the office soon!<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>&#8211; Holly<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Now what was I to do in this situation? I thought it strange to assume someone is sick, but her action of sending me a get well greeting card was really thoughtful, even if unwarranted. I was stuck. Should I play it off like I really was under the weather to save her the embarrassment? Should I be truthful and apologize for forgetting to tell her? I returned to work the following day and showed my coworkers the beautiful <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gallerycollection.com\/all-occasion-cards.htm\">greeting cards<\/a><\/strong> I received. I thought it best to tell Holly the truth, and we both had a good laugh. The next time I take off from work, I\u2019ll be sure to remember to notify Holly and save us both the embarrassment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It\u2019s nice to receive get well cards when you\u2019re sick. 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