Easing the Pain of Facebook Memories

Jacqueline Dooley
Nov 8 · 6 min read

How I learned to cherish Facebook memories after my daughter died.

Facebook officially launched their On This Day feature in March 2015 — a feature that automatically selects a single post from a given date and displays it in your Facebook News Feed.

At the time, my daughter was undergoing treatment for metastatic cancer which had progressed into her abdomen. She was feeling…

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Jacqueline Dooley

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Occasional poet, Essayist, Blogger. Author of Doorways to Arkomo, Doorways Home, & Spiritwood. Content Specialist & Google Ads geek by day. #binders

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