Recently my mom found out via Facebook that her childhood friend’s daughter died.
Recently my mom found out via Facebook that her childhood friend’s daughter died. The girl’s father—my mom’s friend—changed his Facebook profile picture to one of his late daughter, smiling, tanned, beautiful, only 19 years old. People commented on the photo that they were praying for him and the rest of his family. Some users included a 😢 emoji in their Facebook condolences, which felt cruel and inappropriate even though they were just well-meaning boomers bumbling on the internet. My mom reached out to their mutual friend, asking what happened. He responded, “Jenna killed herself.” (I’m using a pseudonym here.)