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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - it's a serious cancer. Is the wife going to think that it's weird that one of her husbands young employees is writing to her?

Do I say I'm praying for her? Thinking of her (but I've never met her!)? Wishing her good health?[/quote]

I think it is a very personal situation. you know the husband only, and he is your supervisor at work, not exactly a friend you know socially. I would let the husband know that he can count on you if he needs any extra-help at work or something so he does not have to be worried about the office if he has to take a day off to be at the hospital with the wife. I am sure he will appreciate that tremendously. If I was the wife in this situation,   I personally would not appreciate to receive notes from strangers, including coworkers of my husband, telling me that they prey for me or something similar (I am  not even religious). I am very private and in a situation like this I would, if anything, look to my family and close friends for confort.  I think you mean well, but it is not your place to do anything for her.   I see others disagree, but if I were you I would at least make sure she is the type of person who would appreciate your reaching out to her. I would not be happy and would be upset at my husband for sharing details of my health with strangers[/quote]

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