Believe it or not, for many people. GFY is a kind of community, where we share our joys as well as our pain.
I've become friends in person with many people whom I first met on GFY, and consider many GFY people friends even though I have never met them in person - including some who live all over the planet.
Each person grieves in their own way...
I think it's safe to say that Baddog has many people on GFY whom he considers extended family. I'm very sorry for his loss, and think it was completely appropriate that he brought it up, and that he posted a photo of his Mom and him together as a way of memorializing her.
ADG