Haven’t been to church in years and this is the first text I get on one of the hardest days of my life.
Got a random text from the Mormon church on the hardest day of the year, what would you even say back?
Today is the first birthday of my daughter who passed away. Already the most painful day of the year for me.
Then I get this out of nowhere from an LDS Relief Society person asking me to bring dinner to a stranger who just had a baby. Haven’t stepped foot in that church in years. No check-ins, no “hey how are you,” nothing. And to top it off, I have never met the person who sent this text or the person who had the baby. Not once.
But the first contact I get is asking me for a favor. I know she probably means well. But on a day when I’m grieving my own baby girl, getting a random text about someone else’s newborn hit in a way she could never know.
Also like… do they just have a list they blast these out to? Do they ever think about why someone stopped coming or what they might be going through before texting them out of the blue?
Anyway. I usually just ignore these but today I actually want to respond. What would you say? Is it even worth it or do I just leave it on read like always?