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Sally H's avatar

Calls are the best. Second only to in person conversations. When my dad died 2 years ago, I called my sister in Maine. No answer. Left a message to call me immediately. Called my brother-in-law. No answer. Texted BIL to have my sister call me ASAP. My phone rang a few minutes later. I refused to send a text to my sister to tell her our father died. I wouldn’t want to get bad news that way, & I sure wasn’t going to do that to her. Dad had been ill for over a year, so we knew this was coming. But conveying the news of your parent’s death must be done as gracefully as possible. Text messages are graceless.

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NorCal Gal's avatar

I’ve learned to appreciate texting but I way prefer a phone call. I used to talk to my mom every time I was in the car and we’d just chat about everything, maybe the bird drama happening at her bird feeders, my two kids, or my grumpy weird dad, exercise & dieting (she was a professional dieter). She passed away a year ago and when I’m in the car I just really really want to call and chat with my mom. She would want to know every detail of everything happening. I had the stomach flu yesterday. I really miss my mom, she’d want to know all about it.

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