Comments on: The Bearing of Bad News: A Chronology http://www.jrrl.com/2009/07/10/the-bearing-of-bad-news-a-chronology/ personal blog of a geek Mon, 13 Sep 2010 14:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: jrrl http://www.jrrl.com/2009/07/10/the-bearing-of-bad-news-a-chronology/comment-page-1/#comment-25512 jrrl Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:35:09 +0000 http://www.jrrl.com/?p=166#comment-25512 The technology aspect is a bit awkward. When my friend Greg died three years ago (complications after a lung transplant), I heard about it when a mutual friend read about it on Greg's blog. He had made sure that people had his passwords so the news would get to the people who knew him. And yeah it is going to keep on happening. My wife has just one aunt left on her side as well. We'll be part of the eldest generation sooner than it feels like it should be. I wonder at times if our parents' generation felt as unwise and unready for that responsibility as I often do. Peace. The technology aspect is a bit awkward. When my friend Greg died three years ago (complications after a lung transplant), I heard about it when a mutual friend read about it on Greg's blog. He had made sure that people had his passwords so the news would get to the people who knew him.

And yeah it is going to keep on happening. My wife has just one aunt left on her side as well. We'll be part of the eldest generation sooner than it feels like it should be. I wonder at times if our parents' generation felt as unwise and unready for that responsibility as I often do.

Peace.

]]> By: Robin Melen http://www.jrrl.com/2009/07/10/the-bearing-of-bad-news-a-chronology/comment-page-1/#comment-25511 Robin Melen Sat, 11 Jul 2009 02:24:15 +0000 http://www.jrrl.com/?p=166#comment-25511 Confused, yes. But finally the whole thing is straight. What is hard for me to get over is getting the news by email initially. seems cold, impersonal. But really, it isn't. Think about it -- news of death and dying, births and living traveled by mail, and slow mail at that, for centuries. My aunt would've written that letter to me, I would have gotten it, oh, a few days to a few weeks later... so email is the same, just instant, or nearly so. So how does FB fit in? No different, is it, really? A bit more public, unless you choose to go private, but the same vehicle. Anyway, a very nice man who was a part of my early life isn't going to be there anymore, and one who is a part of my life and my heart now is dying... this is just going to continue, no? Confused, yes. But finally the whole thing is straight.
What is hard for me to get over is getting the news by email initially. seems cold, impersonal. But really, it isn't. Think about it — news of death and dying, births and living traveled by mail, and slow mail at that, for centuries. My aunt would've written that letter to me, I would have gotten it, oh, a few days to a few weeks later… so email is the same, just instant, or nearly so. So how does FB fit in? No different, is it, really? A bit more public, unless you choose to go private, but the same vehicle.
Anyway, a very nice man who was a part of my early life isn't going to be there anymore, and one who is a part of my life and my heart now is dying… this is just going to continue, no?

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