I am sending my Christmas greetings already, just incase I don’t see you here before the big day, I am sure I will but I would rather be safe than sorry!
So….
Hope you have a Fabtastic Christmas and new year!!!
My dear friend,
I’m taking the time today to let each of my wonderful friends know how important and special they are to me. I came to Help.com not really knowing what to expect, or what I would get out of it. As most of you know, I am addicted to this site, and the good feelings I get from coming here. Helping people gives me a sense of purpose and makes me feel good about being appreciated. I’ve made so many amazing friends here, who have helped me in more ways than they’ll ever realize. You are one of those friends. I love you for being so wonderfully you!
Thank you for everything,
Mitzy
It was great hearing from you! I took a few breaks from this site as well (longest one lasted a month) to work on some personal things, but just couldn’t stay away for too long :) I have had some bad days, but there are always good things that happen after. And I am doing much better now, then I was a few months ago :)
I feel the same way about struggling and learning as I have been doing the same. I think I have learned more about myself in the past 7 months then I have in all of the years I’ve been alive (or so it seems, anyway). It’s exciting but at the same time completely exahusting to me sometimes when I start thinking about things.
It’s good that you are doing better then you were. And while I agree that it is up to the individual to change, they sometimes need a little bit of help or support from other people. And if you ever want to talk, I’m here ~ and I’m a great listener :)
Jonetta hasn’t been on this site for a long time, either, actually. Things have quieted down now, though, and there hasn’t been much going on here for a while. A lot of people who used to come here have left, and a whole bunch of people have come in to take their places. It’s hard missing so many people, but it’s nice getting to talk to new people and everything, too.
I will be sure and tell people hello for you, and have already told Mitzy and Anthrax :)
Hello, I don’t know if you still come here, but I just wanted to stop by and say hello and to ask how you were doing if you still do come here. I miss you!! And I hope you are doing well. *hugs*
Hey Cobus,
Nice to hear from you & glad you’re okay. I’ve been doing rather well. I’ve slipped down in to a little depression, but May brings with it the memories I am struggling with plus Mother’s Day.
Other than that, okay. I’ve been seeing a counselor twice a week plus rejoined the grief support group & attend meetings twice a week. I resigned my position as engineer with the energy company I was working for & Gary is working out my compensation package. They wanted me to take a years leave of absence drawing my basic salary but no incentives or bonuses & I had initially agreed but decided I just want to be free. I don’t have to work but chose to work. Now I am going to take it easy & travel through the end of this year then decide what I want to do. I’ll probably stay in France for a few months. I kept my parents flat in Paris but also inherited a home from my paternal great-grandparents in St. Jean du Monts, Vendee (Plage) on the west coast of France. Its not far from Nantes. St Jean Du Monts gets alot of English & German visitors in the summer who rent homes or own summer homes there cuz it sits right by the ocean. In off season it is so nice & peaceful. Going to be up in Canada for a month to a month and a half early part of summer.
So this is where I am at in my life. I have a court hearing this Thursday & will be glad to get that done & over with.
Oh yes, I graduate this month with my Masters in Physics. I’m scheduled to take my oral exam this coming Monday then on Wednesday my written exam. The written will consist of just 3 questions covering any of the courses we took in the 2 year masters program so I have been rereading notes & material plus going back over my labs & results & working equations & I’m ready.
So how are you doing Cobus? Did you ever start counseling? How are you feeling about yourself & your life now? I have continued to pray for you & do hope things are getting a little better.
Stay in touch. I probably won’t be on as much this month & then hit & miss throughout the rest of the year. After I’m done in Colorado & return here, I’m packing & taking off early part of June. Peter & Jacqui will be going home from Colorado to get some more of their personal things & see his family & her family then they’ll come back here & we’ll go from that point. Peter was my parents pilot & we’e known each other since I was a child. He is 39 or 40 & Jacqui is 37. Peter & his parents were at my birth & its been a long standing relationship.
Oh yes, The Fronde is going to travel with me. I forgot to mention him. You stay good & strong & take care of your beautiful daughter. I’ll leave you a shout each time I come on here & if not, I pray you will continue to keep moving forward in your life & find happiness.
I am leaving this message for every one on my friends list. It so that you will know I have no ill feelings towards any of the normal users of the website.
Below is a message I sent to Erric to explain my reasons for leaving.
Thankyou for your response to my post. I will try to explain why I feel I can not be a part of your website.
It is not to complicated to understand I hope.
The modinations post in my opinion was a farce and wasn’t thought out nor was it neccecary. While it was running as a post I left a message saying that the members should ask the person they were nominating if they were prepared to be a moderator.
This is because hmf in particular didn’t want to be one, put on the post that she didn’t want to be one, yet members still kept voting for her. She had to spell it out that she didn’t want to be a moderator again that she would not want the post.
I did not want the post and didn’t want people voting for me, so I asked that the members asked first if the person they were nominating was prepared to do the job.
It is also my oppinion that the now admins and new moderators new in advance that they had already been chosen and that they had already accepted.
There were a number of members that could see that this post was causing anger and resentment between and with each other, just to give you one example look at tap dancers reply. There were others like it but the reasons were different.
I have no interest in who was picked for these particular posts although every one of them is a very long term user.
I also think that you already know that the only moderators post I was intereted in was one that could delete the bad posts that were being put on the site at the week ends in particular. Again I would not have accepted the post if asked, I know that many members would be interested.
If you can or want to try to convince me that the whole thing was for the good of the website I would consider trying to help again.
I have though lost all faith in the admins and mods, hence my leaving.
You had the curtesy to answere my post, you deserve to have an answer.
Hi Ipoh,
Nice to hear from you. Just stay strong & patient as you are doing & the help will come. At least you’re going in the right direction, and I’m happy about that for you.
Yes, its nice to be back, but I’m trying not to overdo it. Take care Ipoh, and thank you for all the encouragement and support you gave me back when. I really did appreciate it.
Hey You,
I came on here today to welcome JoJo back and was reading my shouts. Thank you for your kind words Ipoh.
I’ve missed you and I always remember the night we chatted and you explained what Ipoh meant and told me others names you had used.
Thanks for caring and staying in touch. I’m slowly making my way back. I’m seeing a counselor and have also rejoined the grief support group. I’m finally dealing with my long suppressed sorrow, hurt, pain and anger over what happened to my parents and over the loss of my whole family.
You take care, and I hope things are going well for you. Hows your beautiful baby girl?
Let me tell you I can’t really tell you about your inner voices because it is the raw you. Everthing that happens to you unfiltered comes out of these inner voices. I know I still have trouble trying to listen to them because I am hard headed. And when you don’t want to here the truth you are not going to listen. It takes a lot of time and practice. You first have to except every single f***** up thing about you and all the wrongs that have been done to you and see it as if you were looking or listening to someone else. I know that for the last 3 yrs or so my inner voices have been my only friend. The only one I can turn to because I am learning to stop judjing myself. And it is tiering and hard. I want to give up sometimes because I get depressed very easilly. It’s like listening to a whining friend who just wont stop. EVER! No matter what advice you give them. That is why I learned that if I stay relaxed and just let everything go I want to listen and learn from them more. For they know everything if we just would stop pitying ourselves and atleast try to wake up from our messed up lives and realize we have everything we need to get to that place where we want to desperately find. Which I haven’t gotten there yet but I know as long as I try I will get there little by little. Don’t ever hesitate to ask me anything.
Candp said That Too.It Will Take Me Some Time To Get Passed This.I’ve Been Up All Nigt So I WONT Hurt Myself..Dont Worry I’ll Be Fine..I’m Not Pushing You A Way We Can Talk Whenever.Its Fine…xo.
im trying,but with all the burns on my arems i wander how much more i can take.Help.Com has never seen me i cud look good or bad. for me i see myself every day.im hateing me and not eating so i can do something right. cus as you can tell im not getting my life right.