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By: moosh in indy. » what are miles when we have wireless?

moosh in indy. » what are miles when we have wireless? — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 17:06:41 +0000

[...] of my many brilliant readers said this on my post last week about when online communities rally: People are skeptical of online relationships. But the key word here is ‘community’. Community [...]

By: The Mom Experience

The Mom Experience — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:17:27 +0000

I wrote about this after sweet Maddie passed. The power of the internet and the community of moms and people in general is so amazing. I love how people who didn’t even know Maddie, or Michele, or the others we lost recently, came together to do so much. I hope this trend to help others in need continues. I hate that we lose people but at least when we do, we know there are thousands out there to support us. Thanks for being one of those wonderful people.

By: Eternal Lizdom

Eternal Lizdom — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 01:42:22 +0000

Thank you for sharing this. I’ve been involved in the efforts to help this family- even though I’d only met Michele face to face twice. I was at the hospital when she passed; I was at the viewing yesterday. What has been so amazing is how her fmaily has embraced us- her virtual friends. They’ve had no hesitation. They’ve welcomed anything and everything we are bringing to them. Major plans are in place to lift this family up for the next days, weeks, months, years. And while the 35,000 members of MomsLikeMe can’t ever take the place of 1 mom… we will do what we can to fill that void.

By: Kimmie

Kimmie — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:27:54 +0000

Teary.

By: Elizabeth Kaylene

Elizabeth Kaylene — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:46:55 +0000

I’ve seen rallies many times (and even started a few) and they have always made a difference, no matter how small.

I’m proud to be a part of the internet community.

By: bessieviola

bessieviola — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 15:01:58 +0000

That gave me chills. I still get lots of strange looks over my blog (I live in SmallTown, MI) but this is something I could pass on to share why I’m a part of this funny little community.

So, so sorry for that family’s loss… how awful.

By: Heather @ Domestic Extraordinaire

Heather @ Domestic Extraordinaire — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 13:28:35 +0000

The online community and its ralling behind “our own” really makes me see the good in people.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 07:33:11 +0000

It really is absolutely amazing, isn’t it? After Maddie died, watching what people did here… I just felt incredibly grateful for this community and what it can provide. It’s absolutely wonderful, completely relevant, and just… huge.

By: Angie

Angie — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 00:56:15 +0000

Wow…Michele passed away six years after my friend Jeanette passed away from breast cancer.

Yes it’s amazing how the internet can be such a supportive place. Here’s Jeanette’s legacy:

http://creatinghope.us/html/jeanettes_story.html

By: brit

brit — Sun, 05 Jul 2009 19:53:04 +0000

people are skeptical of online relationships. But the key word here is ‘community’. Community is A social group of any size whose members reside in a specific locality, share government, and often have a common cultural and historical heritage “.

Online is our common cultural and historical heritage. Maybe some folks don’t understand why we can derive from folks we have never met…but why do we put so much emphasis on seeing people. If we were all blind would that make us less of a community because we interacted with people we didn’t see? NO! This community is amazing, can be amazing and yet it mirrors our everyday face to face life, in many ways.

In both online and face to face communities there can be viciousness, anger, trollish behavior,apathy, etc. And in both online and face to face communities we find support, love, comfort and understanding.

the only difference is one community is carried out on line….that is the only difference