While you should not engage in high-impact, strenuous exercise regimens during severe menstrual cramps, gentle exercise can relieve symptoms by stimulating blood flow and releasing endorphins. Effective exercises during cramping are aerobic exercises such as walking, biking, or swimming. Yoga poses that stretch the back, groin, chest, and abdominal muscles might also help stimulate blood flow to the uterus and relieve pain. Make sure that you are exercising gently, while wearing loose and non-restrictive clothing. Overdoing it or wearing constrictive clothing might aggravate symptoms. An added benefit of exercise is potential weight loss, which can also reduce the frequency of menstrual cramps. While it might seem counterintuitive to engage in sexual activity during menstrual cramping, sexual activity can be a great way to relieve symptoms. Orgasms help to relieve cramping by stimulating blood flow, releasing endorphins, and killing pain. Plus they might serve as a welcome distraction from your pain. Rubbing the affected area can help stimulate blood flow to the uterus, which can ameliorate that cramping feeling. Massage your lower belly gently with your fingertips and use a circular motion. You can massage your abdomen for as long as you need to, as often as you need to, in order to reduce your symptoms. Acupuncture and acupressure might have positive effects similar to massage. Some women have reported pain relief through these services. Acupuncture and acupressure work by stimulating the central nervous system in order to heal injuries and relieve pain. If you take this route, be sure that you talk to your doctor first and that you do your research: you only want to see a licensed professional, not an amateur. Heat helps to increase blood flow, which helps minimize cramping pains. Run yourself a hot bath whenever you feel the worst cramps coming on. Repeat once or twice a day as needed. If you cannot take a hot bath, you can get similar benefits by applying a hot water bottle or heating pad to your abdomen for 20 minutes at a time. Be sure that you are not overdoing the heat: you do not want to scald or burn yourself. A comfortable warmth is just as effective and much safer than a scalding heat. Heat can be equally as effective as pain medication for reducing menstrual cramps, and has fewer side effects.

Summary: Exercise gently when you experience cramping. Have an orgasm. Massage your abdomen. Take a hot shower or bath.

Even if you learned of someone's death over social media or email, it's more thoughtful to send a card in the regular mail. Either buy a sympathy card from the store, use a blank card with an appropriate picture, or write your note on nice stationary. The note should be handwritten or typed in blue or black ink. Don't express condolences over text message. If you do express condolences over social media or by other means, send a card, too. Even if the flowers come with a short note card, send a separate sympathy card with enough space to express your heartfelt condolences. This allows you to write the note and sign it yourself, rather than having it printed by a flower shop. It's best to send a card as soon as you hear about a person's death, which will usually be within a few days or weeks of the person's passing. However, you should still send a card even if many months, or even years, have passed without you knowing about the death. If you don't send a card, the person may wonder whether you care. Even if it's a little awkward to send a card late, it's definitely better than not sending one at all. Saying "my prayers are with you" is completely fine, but copying bible passages or expressing your religious beliefs in other ways isn't appropriate for a sympathy card. The person receiving the card may not have the same beliefs, and you don't want to push yours on him or her at such a delicate time. Stick to universally accepted expressions of love and sympathy, rather than those specific to your religion. For example, saying "I know he's in heaven now" may not be appropriate, because the person may not believe in heaven. However, if you and the person are members of the same religious group, it's perfectly fine to write a note taking that into account. Trust yourself to write a message that expresses your true desire to show the recipient you care. The very act of sending a card is a thoughtful gesture that will be appreciated. Do your best to write a note that is sincere and sweet. If you find it difficult to express yourself through written notes, that's ok - there will be other ways to show the person you're there for them during this difficult time.
Summary: Always send a card, not an email. Send a card even if you're also sending flowers. Send a card even if a lot of time has passed. Avoid overly religious content unless the person shares your beliefs. Don't worry too much about saying the wrong thing.