Mourning

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I’m not sure how it is for the rest of you, but when I read blogs, I get a glimpse into someone’s life.  I think that they have it good or bad or they’re going through a rough phase.  I sometimes I think that my life is better or worse.  I have felt envy, laughter, and I’ve been angry.  Sometimes, I will run through a whole range of emotions while reading a post.  I feel like we know each other and we develop a friendship with the blogger.  Over the past couple years, I have cultivated a little group of regular reads.  A family of blogs that I read daily or weekly or whenever I get a free minute.  Sometimes I comment and other times, I just lurk in the background.  Some blogs have an impact on the blogging world while others (like mine), are just a place where you go to enjoy a good rant or story and then you move on with your day. 

However, at the end of the day, there is a feeling of comfort if you will.  Like I’ve checked in with family and the kids are all tucked into bed and the night can fall safely.  Hell, I check in with blogs more frequently than I do my own family.  So, when one of our bloggers is having a hard time, it is hard for me not to feel some range of emotion.  This happened recently with a blog where I lurk, NYC Watchdog.  Dave is having what can be only be described as the most horrific time in any parent’s life.  He lost his only child.  A child who just graduated kindergarten the very day of the tragedy.  I am not asking for anything with this post.  I only want to spread the word. Avi is currently selling graphics, like the one above, if you want to help Dave with the financial burden that an accident like this brings on.  If you are more comfortable, please stop by Dawg’s blog and offer up your condolences.  I am sure that when the smoke clears, and his life begins again, the comments on his blog will bring him some comfort.  At least, that is what I hope for him and his family.