We have recently suffered the loss of our member Zizi, very suddenly and unexpectedly, too soon.
Although she hasn't posted on our forum for over a year, many of us were still in touch with her by FB and email, and hoped one day she would come back. I always included her in the GRU emails .
Some of us had met her, some had not, but her going is a real loss to all of us .
Many years ago a member of a large forum I belonged to died suddenly . She had gone into hospital for routine knee surgery, so it was very unexpected. She was in her early 50s. I was fairly new to that forum, and although I knew the lady from her posts, we were not friends.
I witnessed the shock and grief of the members who were her friends. Most had not met her, but that sadness at the loss of one of their community was obvious.
I lost a very close online friend L, suddenly and in a terrible way. She was murdered, and the horror of someone/group ending the life of someone you care for is even more unbearable than were it through illness or accident
I have written about this on YEO before.
Lizzie48 was on that forum with me, and will remember the shock and sadness we all felt.
L was a happy, lively, vibrant person.
None of us had met her, as she lived in Israel. She and I had plans to meet up a few weeks later when she and her family would have been over here staying with her UK family. It was never to be. I so nearly met her.
My point is that we can love and care deeply for online friends, and their loss is just as real as the loss of friends who live closer to us
Although she hasn't posted on our forum for over a year, many of us were still in touch with her by FB and email, and hoped one day she would come back. I always included her in the GRU emails .
Some of us had met her, some had not, but her going is a real loss to all of us .
Many years ago a member of a large forum I belonged to died suddenly . She had gone into hospital for routine knee surgery, so it was very unexpected. She was in her early 50s. I was fairly new to that forum, and although I knew the lady from her posts, we were not friends.
I witnessed the shock and grief of the members who were her friends. Most had not met her, but that sadness at the loss of one of their community was obvious.
I lost a very close online friend L, suddenly and in a terrible way. She was murdered, and the horror of someone/group ending the life of someone you care for is even more unbearable than were it through illness or accident
I have written about this on YEO before.
Lizzie48 was on that forum with me, and will remember the shock and sadness we all felt.
L was a happy, lively, vibrant person.
None of us had met her, as she lived in Israel. She and I had plans to meet up a few weeks later when she and her family would have been over here staying with her UK family. It was never to be. I so nearly met her.
My point is that we can love and care deeply for online friends, and their loss is just as real as the loss of friends who live closer to us
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