A WAY TO EXPRESS OUR LOSS

A wonderful friend of ours passed away this week.  And the thing that really touched me were the messages that were left to her account on Facebook.  

We live in a wonderful technology enriched society.  There are so many ways to communicate our feelings to the world at large.  Facebook, Google+, Twitter, et al...  Reading the messages on Linda's page, brought this home to me in a way that I never really thought about before.  Sure, we can use social media to tell people Happy Birthday, to discuss the great meal we had, to vent after a bad day.  But to use this as a way to tell a family how the loss of a loved one has affected us is, for a lack of a better word, amazing.  And moving.  I hope her family can access her account and see the wonderful, loving, kind, moving messages that loved friends have sent.

Rest in peace, dear Linda.  You will be missed.