You don't look well...

When you're sick, do you relax and enjoy it — reveling in being in pajamas all day and letting your hair get dirty -- or do you try to keep up with your normal grooming routine, defying the illness by at least trying to look like a healthy person?

This week's theme is being sick.

Sick day

Have you ever taken a sick day off from work when you weren't really sick? When was the last time you did that? How often do you do that?

This week's theme is being sick.

Dr. Jekyll or Patient Hyde?

When you're sick, are you a good patient, or do you make life difficult for the people around you? Are you more comfortable taking care of yourself, or do you like to have someone bring you soup, take your temperature, check in on you, etc.?

This week's theme is being sick.

Being sick

Being sick often involves more than physical complaints. As adults, finding ourselves physically compromised or limited can bring back some of the less pleasant memories of being a small child.

When were you last sick? Was it serious enough that you can remember exactly when, and for how long, and what your illness was? Or are you so infrequently sick, and with only such minor illnesses, that you can only guesstimate your last bout of something-or-other?

This week's theme is being sick.

Tell us a story: It's a family tradition

What is one special thing that your family does (or did) every year at the same time?

Your best

Which friends and family members are the best at encouraging you to be your best?

Thank you, coffeemaker

Imagine, just for a moment, that ordinary objects, tools, and things had souls and feelings. Which things would you most want to thank for their reliable assistance, for their loyalty, for how much they enrich your everyday life?

This week's theme is gratitude.

Grateful from afar

Who is someone you'd love to thank for all that they've done — but you don't expect you'll ever have an appropriate opportunity to say it?

This week's theme is gratitude.

That's what friends are for

What is one time when it definitely paid off for you to have the right friends? What friends went beyond the call of duty and helped you out in a big way when you really needed it?

This week's theme is gratitude.

You accidentally made my day

Who indirectly or unwittingly contributed to the joy in your life?

Who introduced you to something that you now enjoy a lot? Who first introduced you to your significant other? Who stepped out of the way just in time to open up a great opportunity for you?

This week's theme is gratitude.

Thank you for being there

Who deserves your gratitude for helping you at a critical time?

Who helped you out of a jam? Who talked you out of a foolish mistake? Who found and returned something important that you had lost?

Do these people realize how much of a difference they made for you?

This week's theme is gratitude.