The World Wide Web, the
Internet, instantaneous global communication, terabytes, petabytes, exabytes,
zettabytes and yottabytes of information floating around the world, powering
this new age of social connectivity. We
can know so much in an instant, and then again none of the questions that
really matter can be answered at all, despite all those bytes of data.
Today I discovered a High
School classmate has passed away. We
weren’t close in High School, but on Facebook she became my friend. Her life and mine did not interweave into any
kind of on-going dialog, nor did we share a significant common interest. She would occasionally comment on something I
posted, and I on hers.
I often wonder what lives are
like on the other end of the wire that connects me, and my keyboard, to the
world. She was an actress and writer in
New York City. The last thing I think I
saw was she had a job in some show or play.
The last time I commented on something she posted will, unfortunately,
stay with me now forever. It was April
24th and she had some comment about conservatives should visit Iran
to see what a conservative government was like.
Because of an event, long past, I took issue with this and
told her so. I don’t recall seeing any
posts from her after that, although I did wonder why not.
In looking at the comments on
her page, she apparently passed away alone, only to be discovered later by
friends and colleagues who missed her.
That is a sad fate for any acquaintance.
I hope her friends and family remember her as a kind spirit, for that is
what she appeared to be. Carol, I hope
your passing was a gentle one; from me, one of your friends from Facebook.
1 comment:
I recently learned of the passing of someone who paid me to challenge their thinking, lifestyle etc every week. I am glad that I did take issue with some of what she presented...albeit gently and step by step. Apples substituted for oranges in comments don't really shed light and they are often the type of comments one does respond to...so I hope you can be glad that you counted her of enough import that you shared your thoughts with her, even they were not on the surface seeming to be fully backing her up.
A tender post...ironically I learned last week that the person I have referred to had died in April as well.
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