When my best friend's husband became very ill, I made her a beginner's knitting kit--got her yarn in her favorite color, cast on a scarf width for her, and sent it in a box, all ready to take out and just start knitting on it. Maximal distraction, minimal thought. She knit and unknit that same scarf in doctors' offices and hospital rooms for about a year before she finished it and went on to the next knitting project. She's still knitting like a fiend four years later.

Flybye, we'll be sending out the good vibes.