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.