Ooooo, I know! I know where Esmerelda is! :) At least...I think I do...where am I? :)
But seriously, I am very sorry to have worried you all. (Sweet Mulan and 'other' poster, love you guys, er, girls!) Life has been...um, an adventure (to put a positive spin on it) for me the past year...wrestling the ms(which is progressing) dealing with my still totally insane JW family (or not dealing with them, in the cases of the majority who still shun me thinking I'm going to get reinstated 'any day now'. They better not hold their breath!)
I think of so many of you so often, and I had thought about stopping in to say hello. I've just been trying to use what little energy I have these days for things very removed from the whole JW realm...charity work, mostly. Raising my daughter. Life is rushing by and the days blur, and I've lost touch with many of you that I hadn't intended to. I apologize for that.
So to sum up, (I'm not quite as long-winded as i used to be...not...quite lol) as Kismet (the little birdie who brought this thread to my attention, thanks Kis! love ya!) said no need to send a swat team looking for me though I am truly touched that after all this time you folks remember me well enough to worry! It means a lot to me.
Life is a challenge, but it's a lot better now than it has been in the past. I hope this is true for all of you as well. It is what you make it, and I'm trying to make it as happy as I can.
love to all
Essie
(feels weird typing that, I had 'retired' the old girl and didn't think I'd use that name again...)
p.s. Crownboy, do I know you under another nickname? I just love hearing from folks who decided to come out of lurk mode, I think that's a very necessary step in healing. I don't remember getting any e mail from anyone from the forum for ages...you can feel free to write again. My old address is still there [email protected] I just don't get into the account very much at all anymore. I'll have to peek in every now and again.