Friends, Twitter & SM Love
I don’t know the full story and have only come into towards the end. It is a tragic story but has a ray of hope in it.
Two great friends both wanting to be mums. One has twins and is supported by the other. One of the twins is very poorly but mum is supported by her dear friend and her twitter followers. We had a hash tag to send good wishes and prayers and it worked. The little girl is bonny.
The friend becomes pregnant and is also expecting twins. There is great delight on twitter. The mum decides to get married and her friend is not only her Matron of Honour but also keeps the group of twitter friends happy all day. We went to the wedding virtually and even wore hats for the occasion. Life was good and happy.
The yet-to-be-born twins were not happy though and the friend is told to rest in hospital. Again twitter came to help with lots of tweets to cheer the patient. Unfortunately, the first miracle was not to be repeated. The friend and her twins died.
Twitter grieved and shared their sadness by lighting candles in our respective homes at a given time so that we could unite together for the loss of someone most of us had never met. She touched our lives in such a way that many of us will never forget her. Twitter now needs to be ready to support all those near and dear so that when they are ready to return we can be there for them again.
God bless Kate. We will do our best to support Phil, Harriet and Scott when they are ready.
That is the good part of Twitter.
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Having now learned the real situation, I want to say that this post still stands as an example of how twitter can work if it is used appropriately. Although in this case we were used and abused and manipulated in the worst manner, if anything were to happen to one of our ‘real’ twitter community it should still be as you describe above.
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How terribly sad but a great support network.
Now I see the value of Twitter. All the other gibberish: I am leaving for breakfast and such is a waste of good social media. Sorry to hear about the other mom. You’re a wonderful community to support both families.
Beautiful words. Thank you for writing this, it sums up exactly how I, and many others feel. I was privileged to have tweeted with Kate, and will never forget her.
Many hanks for your kind words. I do hope Kate was aware of the effect her situation has had on so many of us
Social media can be so powerful . . . My thoughts to your friends and their families.
My heart goes out to all involved. My prayer is that they receive comfort and healing due to their lost.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
It is a lovely post, and shows the best side of Twitter.
x
Many thanks H!
What an eloquent post which,I’m sure,sums up the feelings of many. XxX Social media can be a powerful force and support.
Thank you Anna
Hi, I was really moved when I read this post. So tragic. Twitter is such a strong community isn’t it. Kate I don’t know who you were, but I echo Julia’s sentiment entirely. xx Thinking of you.
Thank you Kay. Her story touched so many of us that is shows how powerful social media can be.
You’ve put into words what I and, I’m sure, many others are thinking and feeling. Thank you xx
Thank you. I hope it helps.