Tyler McDonald

Mourning

            In today’s world we have different ways to mourn.  In this day in age we show our mourning on social media and express the way we feel about the loss of loved ones or celebrities.  People often post stuff online to express their feelings and some even get tattoos in remembrance of celebrities or loved ones.  I actually have two friends from high school who have tattoos for their siblings who passed away, one who passed away in a car crash and the other passed away from cancer.  In today’s time I feel like we also get through mourning loved ones by making memorials or foundations to go on in their memory, so that we feel like they will never be forgotten.  In Doctor strange he tries to deal with the loss on his own.  But when it is someone that close to you it can be very difficult to deal with the loss on your own and can even be dangerous.  D’Spayre was trying to get him desperate enough to kill himself.  Some can handle mourning on their own but I need others to help me get through my grieving.

            I have experience the loss of loved ones and it is hard to cope with at first.  I have experienced the loss of three of my grandparents.  My grandma passed away from cancer when I was in grade school and it never really sank in or was real to me until the funeral.  When my grandpas passed away I mainly coped with their loss by being with my family and talking about stories and times spent with them.  My one grandpa wore flannels all the time so all the grandchildren kept one of his flannels to keep in remembrance of him.  With my other grandpa I coped by being with family and also by wearing his leather jacket and being the casket bearer at his funeral which was very meaningful to me.  Expressing my loss through social media just isn’t for me, I have no doubt that it helps others cope with their mourning but my way to deal with loss is through family.

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