Originally posted by Skydiver
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How the news came out is atrocious and I'm angered that someone did that to her. But it did happen...someone did force her hand. So how do we respond? What would be appropriate?
We couldn't ignore it...that would have been unnatural. I think the best way to respond is the manner in which we did respond...as we always DO respond with regard to her privacy...with respect, love and support. I'd expect no less from Samanda. Amanda herself has said many times how much our support means to her and I can't imagine that this situation would be any different, regardless of how we came to know about it. And truly...even though we learned this news before the family would have preferred, we would have eventually found out and would have responded the same way.
IMVHO, I think that we've maintained a good balance here. We haven't converted the thread to be all about Amanda's loss. We've respected her privacy and lovingly offered our support while continuing our "business" on the thread.
Yes...I believe our response as been appropriate, respectful and loving and I believe will continue to be as we go about our lives and our discussions here.
That being said...I again completely agree with you. Sending anything to Bridge would more than likely be a bad call for the reasons you mentioned.
I agree that we should wait for their lead as to whom to send donations or whatever.
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