Far and Away

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Morning to anyone around ..... 👋💕☕️😔🦋🌷💐💜🐾🐠

I stayed up late working on an artwork ..... it was better to do something while I couldn't find sleep mode. Nelly was persistent about asking me to go to bed, following me around and meowing, jumping up onto the desk and walking in my way, as she does when she wants me to stop and go to sleep.

Then she woke me up at 8:30 this morning. Nothing like your cat being the school mum ..... ❣️

Speaking of school, we have this last week before the mid-semester break. The house is coming together well, but there are things I need to put off until next week because of the written assignments I haven't been able to get my head into yet. Hoping school is still going well for you @Zoe7, and that you are not away from the forums for long.

I have to set up a home studio space in the middle of this junk, for however long our uni is closed ..... D3's stuff will be moved for her sometime this week cos the handyman we use is still available, but that will also mean her and S2 isolating from me and. D2 for 14 days ...... and WH has agreed not to exchange D2 for the moment.

I am going to get up and go on with artwork this morning, to stop my thoughts and feelings of grief from taking over, and hope to find an afternoon nap possible somewhere in the day. I know getting adequate sleep is important to our immune system too.

Love and hugs to all who need them, both here and absent at the moment ..... 💜

I'm with you with missing forum friends @Faith-and-Hope - let's hope things right themselves in time

I am not up to date with you and the WH thing - I gather he still has "bit" and I also think you have some of your kids with you and some of them are over a state line - I was away for several weeks so I need an update - life can change quickly and some threads move very quickly too

All the best with making a family at distance and also making a space for yourself in all the junk - and I am sure you are an orderly person

Dec

I always notice pink flowers

Dear @Zoe7 ,

I accept that I have hurt you a great deal, and I'm more sorry than I can ever say. I want you to know that it was never my intention to do so. The things I said, came from me being in a very dark place. I've been hurting badly for over a month now ... and feeling more and more confused and upset by my perception that I was being frozen out and deliberately excluded by you.

There are no words to adequately express how much I regret that what I believe was a genuine and very warm friendship between us, has ended like this.

I have thought about this for a couple of days now, and its not a decision I take lightly. But I cannot see a way through any of this right now, so I have asked for the Managers @Former-Member @Former-Member to close my member account. I think it's the only way, the only reasonable thing to do. I hope knowing this, will enable you to feel safe to return here where you belong Zoe. I know how much you need the forums and I know how much of an affinity and reliance you have on Faith and Hope, among others.

I also know that the Forums and the members need YOU Zoe, probably just as much as you need them. They certainly don't need the likes of me, and I suspect Managers will likely be relieved to see the back of me.

So please take this as a farewell from me. Thank you Sane Managers and Moderators @Former-Member @s-jay @Former-Member for your patience and understanding.

A huge thank you to each of the Guides @Faith-and-Hope @Shaz51 @Teej @CheerBear @frog @eth @outlander you have all become friends over the years I have been here, and I love and respect each one of you.

And a very sad farewell to all the other members whom I have developed a deep affection and connection with since I joined in Sept 2016. I am very honoured to have gotten to know many of you well, and I feel grateful for the privilege of being a Sane member for the time I've been here. I will remember all of you with fondness, and wish you well. I know you will all continue to ensure that the Forum Family moves on and does what it does so well ... maintaining connections and providing comfort and friendly advice to those of us who need it the most.

I'm feeling a little muddled right now, and a steady stream of tears are obscuring my vision. So I am neither thinking nor seeing things that clearly. But I will attempt to tag those I can think of.

I'm sure I will miss some ... but you know who you are @Maggie @Molliex @Peri @Bunniekins @Adge @Ant7 @MDT @Meowmy @Former-Member @BlueBay @Corny @Owlunar @Snowie @Sans911 @Appleblossom @TAB @Former-Member .. Oh dear, its too hard .. plus you, and you, yes and you too. Its the people who make a wonderful forum, and you are all it. Thank you everyone

Sherry 😔💕

@Former-Member you are a wonderful person. Please take care.

@Former-Member Please do not leave. Things are not good right now but there will be a way through this. I implore you to stay. No matter what has gone on, what was said, or any hurt incurred you are and will remain someone I care for very much. I am not below begging - so I am begging you to stay and utilise the support you have here to help you through.

Zoe

Huge hugs @Zoe7 🤗🤗🤗🤗💜💜💜💜.
please reconsider @Former-Member 💜💜💜💜🤗🤗🤗🤗

I'm sorry you feel the need to leave @Former-Member - why not just take some time out and allow yourself to heal - failing that you could always come back in the future

I am sad about all of this

I will remember you though

Dec 🦉❤💙💚💜

Dear @Former-Member

While I hear that you are very upset, and feeling you need to close your account with Sane because you can't see a way forward to repair your friendship with @Zoe7, please consider just stepping back from the forums for the moment, and allow some space for time to create dialogue and healing. @Zoe7 is upset and hurting too, but she also has a great capacity for empathy and understanding which I am hopeful will reach beyond the pain of this conflict and achieve healing ..... as so many of your forum friends have expressed, you have this capacity too.

As @Zoe7 is taking a break at the moment to process her feelings and keep her own self-care as a priority, I urge you to do the same, and trust that things can be better than the place we are in now.

💜🌷❤️🦋 ..... I have faith in both of you, but also respect for the fact that perceptions and pain spilled over, and recovery space is needed.

Hey there @Former-Member I am sorry to hear you're feeling like leaving the forums due to a conflict. I know it's really hard when these incidents happen but conflicts are not uncommon in any community, especially not online. We'd hate for this to be the reason for you going, as for managers being glad to see the back of you - definitely not true We're working through emails today, keep an eye on your inbox as we'll be in touch.