Dear Humans,

When people say you’re using a “band-aid solution,” they mean that you’re applying a solution that isn’t enough to fix the problem. But I’m here to say that putting band-aids on things works really, really well.

But it’s not because band-aids themselves fix anything. They might slow the bleeding. They might keep your owie from getting bumped. They may keep a little bit of dirt out of your wound. But they don’t do much to heal the wound.

But the truth is that many of the problems that we face are either unfixable or will fix themselves in time. But while we’re waiting for that to happen, it’s nice to have some acknowledgement, some empathy, and maybe a little bit of comfort. Slapping a band-aid on the problem does all of those things. And it works especially well when someone else–someone who cares for you–does it for you.

And then the healing can begin.

Sincerely,

Mr. Heimbuck