Wellness Check — Why We Need to Check in on Each Other

“We are not here on earth to see through each other. We are here to see each other through.”

– Unknown

I was in my sunroom this past August, when I heard a woman’s voice call out, “Knock, knock!” at my front door.

I got up from where I was sitting and walked, rather gingerly, to the front door. A friend of mine was standing on my porch, holding an armful of fresh veggies from her garden.

“Wellness check!” she said, cheerfully. “Just wanted to check in and see how you were doing.”

I’d spent the previous two weeks in bed, riding out a nasty batch of cluster migraines ☹ But I laughed out loud at her use of the term, “Wellness Check.”

“I’m okay,” I said. “Still moving pretty slowly…but the worst of it is over.”

“Good!” she said and handed me a small mountain of produce.

I share this story not just because it was a sweet gesture by my friend to check in on me. I share this story because the act of doing a “Wellness Check” could be far more important than we might realize.

Although I laughed when she called her visit a “Wellness Check,” I couldn’t help but think back to an incident many…