Tonight as I scrolled through Facebook to find some sort of inspiration I found it in the worse place. I scrolled and scrolled looking through pictures and statuses when I came upon a status from an old friend. We had both worked as kidco leaders a couple of years ago and we grew some what close over the time. A couple weeks ago she posted about her water breaking and told of her beautiful baby boy. I grew so excited and happy for her. She was a vet, married, and now had a baby. Things she told me many times she had wanted. But tonight as I scrolled I found terrible news. She had lost her baby today. Even though I haven't seen her or talked to her in a while I called her to make sure she was ok even though I know she will probably never be the same happy Melinda I just wanted to make sure someone was taking care of her. Sometimes that's all you need is a phone call. To know that someone cares and when Melinda picked up the phone we both cried together. After about 30 minutes of this and me just repeating "its ok" and "he's with God now" her husband took the phone and talked to me. He thanked me because today I was the only person to call and make sure she was ok. Everyone else had posted on Facebook small apologies. No one had bothered to pick up the phone. Then I did something that surprised him more. I asked him if he was ok. I just don't understand how these small jesters can be so overlooked. I don't understand why people can't try a little harder to care. The things I did tonight shouldn't have surprised anyone they should be normal signs of respect and caring. Yet I some how surprised him twice. People need to care. If everyone cared just a little more the world would be that much better. No mother should have to suffer the loss of her child much less suffer it alone.
I agree with you completely, but sadly it seems that in our modern age overrun with technology, people have become more and more reluctant to actually interact with people in perso nor even over the phone! people for whatever reason seem to think that there is some sort of unwritten law that you cannot actually talk to people over the phone (even though that's exactly what it was made for) and that texting or commenting on some post on facebook is a significant enough way to express your care, and then of course there are the people who just don'r really care enough as you said. Honestly the way people communicate nowadays confuses me and makes me feel weird because i feel as though i'm one of the few who prefer actual social interaction over texting or messaging or any of that crap when it comes down to it... this is something that definitely needs to change in society, it's ridiculous.
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