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One Perfect Mess » Blog Archive » Get 1000 new followers in one day! — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:27:56 +0000

[...] had a fantastic post today in response to the controversy surrounding Shellie. It really made my day to read it because [...]

By: Al_Pal

Al_Pal — Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:47:07 +0000

So glad that you were able to go on camera and defend Shelli and speak out about social media.

SO sad that the circumstances arose, which led to your speaking.

I don’t know Shelli, and hadn’t heard about her before this tragedy, but my heart absolutely goes out to her. So sad.

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By: VDog

VDog — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 21:41:29 +0000

You’re so amazing, Heather.

By: Rachael

Rachael — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 04:59:16 +0000

Thank you for writing about this from the point of view of someone who HAS felt the support of the online community. I wish that people could understand how much of a community this really is, and it broke my heart what people were saying to/about Shellie.

By: Amanda

Amanda — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:33:34 +0000

Heather, you are a wonderful person. Thank you for speaking out for Shellie!

By: Dotchi

Dotchi — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 16:59:13 +0000

I am glad you posted this. I was of the mind that I didn’t understand why someone would tweet when their child just drowned. My first son died in my arms but this was before twitter, facebook, myspace and most of the modern-day internet. I couldn’t understand how anyone could post on twitter something like that.

Then I read this post and it makes sense. I could see giving a friend my password to post for me. Then I remembered… I tweet from my phone… and I’ve posted pictures of my son’s in the ER for anything from asthma attacks to raging fevers and after being hit by a car.

And then, I felt horribly guilty. What if, just hypothetically… my son had died from his asthma attack (it could happen) or died after being hit by the car. What a B*tch I am to even question what she did when I am doing the same thing every day.

Your post really helped me to see this. While I never said anything to her about my thoughts, I feel terrible for even thinking it.

I had been looking for her online to offer a (((HUG))) b/c no mother should ever watch her child die… but now I feel even worse about it and want to extend my apologies for thinking such heartless things.

There is a group called “The Compassionate Friends” that helped me immensely. If you could pass that on to her… I would be ever grateful.

In heavy heart,
Dotchi

By: patois

patois — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 14:48:35 +0000

Thank you for speaking out for her and her boy.
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By: Rhonda

Rhonda — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 12:38:52 +0000

As long as her tweetering didn’t cause the accident that took her son, who cares if she tweets and when?? Some people are just thoughtless and cruel and nothing will change that. I’m glad you spoke up, so that some, would understand its not a video game, it’s communication. I kinda, think that’s what people think.

By: Trish

Trish — Sat, 26 Dec 2009 07:55:54 +0000

I’ve discussed this with several people and have to agree with you.
When I first heard this story it was actually from a friend of hers, who was confused about what was going on, it seemed she was tweeting while she should have been doing something. (CPR, perhaps. It wasn’t clear. )
Then the news came that he had passed and what had happened, and I see no problem with it.
I don’t tweet, but that morning they decided Robbie had to be born, they told me I had “maybe an hour” and all I knew was in that moment, I needed everyone to pray. If I could have forced the entire Earth to stop spinning to get people to pray for us, I’d have done it. My only hope was my blog, where I had some hope of reaching more than just the 5 people I MIGHT have time to call between getting my epidural, signing consents and being wheeled away.

I posted but a few sentences but I know they reached many and those people prayed. We were fortunate that Robbie did survive, and I think that was in no small part due to the prayers said that day.

I think for those who truly do feel close to our online communities, and for those of us who do believe in the power of prayer, we get it. Certainly for those of us desperate for our children’s lives who think ANYTHING could help, we get it.
Everyone else can piss off.
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