Today's entry, for which I apologize in advance, is a venting rant; something I seldom do in this forum.
Our family recently suffered a loss. Sadly, this is not an unusual occurrence, given that our extended relations range in age from a nonogenarian to a 5 month old.
What I HAVE found a bit disconcerting about this circumstance is an evident lack of empathy and a blatant failure to communicate the news (or even ask me IF this could be shared!) to the larger group by the parties one would suppose is tasked with disseminating such information! Even more hurtful is that this is the SECOND time such a disregard has been shown to us by this same body since we joined them more than a score ago!
I know that we have friends and associates in this body who, were they informed about the situation, would express sympathy in their varied individual ways. But if the parties responsible for TELLING them fails, I don't feel that it should fall to the bereaved to share the news far and wide in a group we ostensibly "BELONG TO."
What to do? Cut ties, or wait for such to happen a third time?
