Immortality On The Internet

A cousin of mine passed away suddenly after a couple of days in the hospital.  He was my age and was a retired Army band member who toured the country playing concerts. My aunt and uncle have outlived three of their four sons. It is very sad.

I found out about his hospitalization and death from the Internet.  No phone calls, just an e-mail from a cousin from Canada.

There were quite a few messages of sympathy, shock, and sharing on Paul's Facebook page from friends who had worked with him, were band members, and a few old girlfriends I guess.  A few folks just wondered what happened and how he died so suddenly.

I must send a card to Aunt Thora and Uncle Ron.  I've sent a message to their Facebook page, but being old school I'm going to the drug store to buy and write on a sympathy card.  The last time I saw my cousin he was in a fancy concert uniform playing the trumpet in downtown Miami about fifteen years ago.  This is how I will remember Paul, playing music.

I'm not very familiar with what happens to Facebook pages of the deceased.  In the old days we used to clean out old emails and delete files and erase hard drives, but save photo albums.  Now being in the clouds and having almost unlimited amount of storage space we will all have an immortality beyond what we might have ever imagined.