It's more than "just a forum" (page 2)

Solace

What a sweet thread nilfun.

I agree, this is not just a forum. I have shared a great deal with everyone here and have received alot of good advice and encouragement. I have also met some wonderful people who I have become very close to.

Take Care.

kelpie

I know it may sound weird to some, but there have been many times when I have read a post here and can feel the person behind the words.

A truer word never spoken.

Ok it may just be a computer screen but a person had to sit at that keyboard and type the response.

If the person wasnt real then I would never have met the love of my life (and I bet Ona and Biker feel the same way)

I met my man on the internet and he is the best thing to happen to me.

I count you all as friends... some I feel closer to because I have spent more time with but I am open and willing and would love to get to know you all better.

Every single one of us has made a difference to each other, doesnt matter how big or small that difference is.

Kelps (who has tears in her eyes now)

nilfun

Mac

Heaven

Kelpie

I'm glad y'all posted on this thread

...and that I'm not alone in feeling this way.

Every single one of us has made a difference to each other, doesnt matter how big or small that difference is.

xenawarrior

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Great post !!! You can sooooo feel the people behind their words. It's funny because with the folks I'm closest to here, I can even tell when there is something bothering them they may not be letting on in their post. Something I read in their words.

There are many posts which have brought tears to my eyes here. The first time I think that happened is when I was reading Scootergirl's story. And it happens alot for me when I am reading Lyin Eyes' memories of her childhood and her quest to heal from the experiences she has had. So many stories.

Thanks for sharing this !!! Love the cartoon !!

XW

BeautifulGarbage

LOL @ that pic Nil! I'll bet it's not too far off, either!

I think that this forum is different things to different people. To some, it IS just a forum. Nothing more. Well, ok, fine. Still, I get annoyed when they chastise those that become more personally involved as needing to "live REAL life" . As if this sort of communication has no value.

I don't post as much as I used to, but I still check in from time to time. I have talked to a few people on the phone and have met one poster in person. Though, I find my "relationships" formed here mirror in many ways the way I have friends in "real life".

Sometimes I can't reply to threads because they've touched my heart so deeply that I just don't have the words.

Once Mimilly wrote a thread about her Dad. I was overwhelmed with emotion because of how closely I related to her experience. I will never forget that post, ever.

Though I am no big fan of 12 step programs, they do have a nifty motto that I think is fitting here: "Take the best, and leave the rest".

It's up to each individual to decide exactly what is "the best" for them.

Andee

Edited by - BeautifulGarbage on 1 February 2003 0:54:41

nilfun

Xenawarrior

BeautifulGarbage

Thanks for those great posts...

And I agree...Scootergirl, LyinEyes and Mimilly's posts about their lives are so powerful and so charged with emotion. There are so many others who have moved me when they've posted their memories that I couldn't possibly name them all...

There's been a lot of pain for the people that post here. How is it that I draw strength from these stories that are filled with such sadness? Maybe because, despite the terrible things that have happened to the writers of those posts, they are still here, and are still battling. They aren't ready yet to give up on life, on love...

nilfun

Oh, and by the way, this:

(it wasn't on any of the threads started or replied to by me)

doesn't apply anymore.

bikerchic

nilfin tonight onacruse and I had a simalar talk about how much the post and posters here mean to us. Some of you reach right out the screen and into our hearts. We cry with you we laugh with you we applaud you when you've had a *moment* we wish you happy birthday, happy anniversary, merry x-mas, and all the other holidays that we are now getting to celebrate and enjoy..... and lets not forget that wonderful moment when you make jedi!

We've found you'all to be an extended family a great community of support sometimes just a simple post, sometimes a long heartfelt post, and those anoying *fluff* post keep us connected to you all in ways that we never thought possible from the internet. Yes the wicked internet which of late has kept us from that wicked "devils-eyeball" the TV.lol More WTS crap!

I personally go thru stages where I read and reply with great lengthy post only to re-read it and hit the delete button.....ugh! I still find it to be very cathartic and yet I feel a little guilty to get so much out of the act of writing the post and not sharing my thoughts with the poster, but never the less I heal a little more and I'm sure many others do the same thing. Sheese I could go on and on........and again I'm toying with the idea of hiting that darn delete button....ugh! I admit I find it difficult to open up and be vulnerable but I'm learning to do it and trust more.

Nilfin I loved the cartoon! I too think about Simon and Angharad and all they give to keep this forum going........MANY THANKS SIMON AND ANGHARAD!

Kelpie:

If the person wasnt real then I would never have met the love of my life (and I bet Ona and Biker feel the same way)

Truer words were never spoken!

To all of you on the forum you have meant a great deal to me and to onacruse, you are all very special to us!

AA has another saying, "keep on keeping on" we all grow and are inspired by each other.

Katie (wiping tears from my eyes)

Edited by - bikerchic on 1 February 2003 4:21:44

Angharad

LOL (sob) @ the pic - you have no idea how close to the truth that is

Edited by - angharad on 1 February 2003 3:43:44

Tatiana

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I agree 100000000 %.............

http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/forum/thread.aspx?id=41745&site=3&page=1

Bikerchic.........

I admit I find it difficult to open up and be vulnerable but I'm learning to do it and trust more.

I am the same way, and sometimes I read posts and cry until I can't type at all. Please "open up" more!!! I like your posts.

Nilfun, we are really not strangers. If we all used to be "brothers and sisters", why can't we still be? :)

Love...

April

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