Dealing With Loss

I saw this post on Facebook this week and it really touched me. Bonnie Parton shared her thoughts on Mary being the ultimate example of God giving and then taking away. I also learned this week in one of my readings for a class of Christ asking one of his disciples to comfort his mother when he was dying on the cross. 

Holidays can be a hard time for people who have lost loved ones. This year I have lost five friends. Two of them I went middle school and high school with, both died by suicide. One I have performed on the Great Wall of China with who passed away by rolling off the freeway. One was a man who taught me all about Native Americans arts and crafts as I sold goods in his gift shop as did my mother. And finally, my dear grandma Johnson passed away after years of dementia.

I think about how social media can assist those in the grieving process. I have seen so many people share memories and reach out to families of those who have lost loved through the Facebook page of the one who passed. 

When I posted about my grandma I received so many mice comments that helped me feel loved. 

I saw Mayra share about her husband and losing him and so many people saying kind words to her. 

Someone also created a go fund me for her. 

https://www.gofundme.com/f/tanner-bradshaw-memorial-fund?utm_source=customer&utm_medium=copy_link&utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&fbclid=IwAR0RKJfyk_OCZQqJNK_wNtdCOKzCvIf8BKgzEl-f6gLHL_W8ChyRw-4PwSU

This is a picture of Branton and I with a dress he bought me when we were in China. I read many posts about the random kind deeds he did for people all the time. Such a nice person. 

Here is a picture of myself and John Rich on a tour he took me on to see a Hopi Indian dance.

When each of these loved ones passed the social media was a way for people to memorialize those they loved and remember them. 

I am grateful I can across this picture of Christ. We all have suffered loss. This year has been full of a lot of it for me. I read this week how Christ asked his apostle to comfort his mother Mary with the loss of losing him. I know that Christ is sending people to also comfort us in our losses, and social media can help bring awareness to a community about what people are going through.  

Marvel Movies: Captain Marvel

Since my family's phone plan includes Disney+ for a year, I now have access to all sorts of good movies! My husband and I are making our way through all of the Marvel Movies! There are two logical ways to watch them: order of the release date or chronologically. We have chosen chronologically. Last Friday we watched Captain America and just tonight we watched Captain Marvel! 

I really enjoyed watching both of these, but since I watched Captain Marvel today, I will write about that one! 

My husband informed me that in the original comic books Captain Marvel was a man and that when the movie was made and Captain Marvel was a female, there was a lot of negative reactions. In a way I can understand why... If they expected it to be one way, and was not... That could cause some distress... However, I really loved watching a female lead in this movie. I feel like because I am a female I might be more interested in watching the show because it is more relatable. However, I do see how this could through the social learning theory could make women more aggressive. 

There was a sweet message in the movie. When The Commander of "The Cree" sees that Captain Marvel received the powers that he was after, he takes her and takes away all of her memories so he can then make her believe she is one of "The Cree" who is after "The Skrulls." One of "The Skrulls" is able to help Captain Marvel to realize who she is and then she has to fight against and talk back to powers of "The Cree" in order to gain her memories back and to have her powers as her own and not under the influence of "The Cree". 

I compared this to being children of God here on this earth. Satan is doing everything to make us "forget" our true identity. We have bodies and he does not. This is similar to Captain Marvel having powers that The Commander of The Cree does not. Satan hopes to make us forget our true identity so he can control us into doing his satanic purposes... If we do end up on the wrong side, it may take a true disciple of Christ to bring us back, just like it took one of "The Skrulls" to help Captain Marvel realize her true self and purpose.