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Post by lessingham on Apr 13, 2020 5:23:51 GMT -5
All my life I have been timid, weak and a coward. Also I have sought solutions to this terrible afflictions. I find it difficult to stand up for myself. So, the sending of the email was a hard thing. But so far no reply. Either straight to delete or to her pending file. Hate to think she is too ill to reply.
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Post by worksforme2 on Apr 13, 2020 7:12:37 GMT -5
All my life I have been timid, weak and a coward. Also I have sought solutions to this terrible afflictions. I find it difficult to stand up for myself. So, the sending of the email was a hard thing. But so far no reply. Either straight to delete or to her pending file. Hate to think she is too ill to reply. As I weigh 2 parts of this post, your sending the email and her answering, I see the scales for importance clearly tipped toward part one. The email may not receive a reply, but the important thing for you is that you sent it. One small step for a man, but one giant leap for you lessingham. |
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Post by northstarmom on Apr 13, 2020 10:23:09 GMT -5
Odds are she is too ill or stressed to reply. You should celebrate your courage in emailing.
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Post by jim44444 on Apr 15, 2020 17:37:45 GMT -5
I first posted this thread over 2 years ago. It was, in retrospect, not so much a question but probably a mind cleanse.
Who knew then that this same question could be important today? How do we grieve even for our IRL friends in this time of social isolation?
Last night a friend of 40+ years died, another covid19 victim, another statistic in the daily news. Of course there will be no funeral, only a mention in the newspaper obituary. He was a member of our monthly breakfast meeting and will be sorely missed when we someday are able to resume our meetings. If feel sorrow for his wife and daughters, his ancient mother and his sisters. They will need to adjust their grieving from what they have always known. There will be no wake with his crazy but loving Lebanese family, no final farewells from friends.
Who could of known two years ago that the lack of grief rituals for online friends would also become common in our everyday lives.
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Post by workingonit on Apr 20, 2020 10:04:16 GMT -5
I first posted this thread over 2 years ago. It was, in retrospect, not so much a question but probably a mind cleanse. Who knew then that this same question could be important today? How do we grieve even for our IRL friends in this time of social isolation? Last night a friend of 40+ years died, another covid19 victim, another statistic in the daily news. Of course there will be no funeral, only a mention in the newspaper obituary. He was a member of our monthly breakfast meeting and will be sorely missed when we someday are able to resume our meetings. If feel sorrow for his wife and daughters, his ancient mother and his sisters. They will need to adjust their grieving from what they have always known. There will be no wake with his crazy but loving Lebanese family, no final farewells from friends. Who could of known two years ago that the lack of grief rituals for online friends would also become common in our everyday lives. So sorry for your loss. |
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