Get Well

Just a get-well note some intern had produced and signed by autopen. ❋ Anonymous (2011)

Students from a school adjacent to the hospital where former South African president Nelson Mandela, fondly known as "Madiba," is said to be undergoing routine tests make their way past a giant get-well card. ❋ Melissa Bell (2011)

As I write these words, I'm sitting in Ibiza, Spain looking at a rather non-Jersey shore, but when I heard about Clarence having a stroke, I wanted to write a get-well playlist. ❋ David Wild (2011)

Caller after caller to his show Thursday sent get-well wishes. ❋ The Huffington Post News Team (2010)

While Boehner did not make a formal visit, The Hill adds that he did send a get-well card. ❋ Unknown (2011)

More personally, being the recipient of a super-abundance of get-well cards, emails, and bouquets, I can attest to their power to uplift the spirit and assuage pain, especially those that went into detail in their messages about how much they cared for me. ❋ Carla Seaquist (2010)

These are e.g., get-well notes, sometimes on cards; or, to express condolences to someone who is in mourning - when most do not write a letter but a note. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Eric Thayer for The Wall Street Journal People left bouquets, balloons and get-well cards. ❋ Tamara Audi (2011)

"Our only contact with him had been a simple get-well card he'd sent a few days after Gabby was injured." ❋ Unknown (2011)

Airing the details constituted a remarkable break with traditions of medical privacy, and the American public responded with an outpouring that included over 55,000 get-well cards. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Spooky got me a little tarantula hand-puppet as a get-well present. ❋ Greygirlbeast (2009)

The mail agency and leading greeting card manufacturer are betting the concept will appeal to customers looking to quickly buy -- and send -- holiday, birthday or get-well greetings. ❋ Ed O (2011)

Wallack's emphasis on getting back to the place you were before a major illness, while Colby takes aim at the caregiver, offering counsel on everything from screening get-well cards (she nixed anything that oozed sympathy) to using a nickname for her husband (Rambo) to help him feel like a superman. ❋ Arthur Rosenfeld (2010)

In August, police officers created a get-well video to encourage him in his recovery and cheer him up. ❋ Ktla.com (2010)

The lawn sprouted a wide bed of bouquets, balloons and get-well cards. ❋ Tamara Audi (2011)

On the third day after the accident the first get-well card arrived, and it was from Joe Elston. ❋ Unknown (2009)