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NikNikSenior Contributor
Yes, you read correctly, @CherryBomb is leaving SANE in a few weeks.
She's moving on to exciting new adventures and we wish her the best of luck with the next chapter.
Cherrybomb is moderating over the next few nights, and will be around here and there for a couple of weeks after, while she wraps up.
So, feel free to leave your well wishes below.
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BlueBaySenior Contributor
Hugs @Phoenix_Rising
I so understand you xooo
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CherryBombSenior Contributor
@BlueBay and @Phoenix_Rising 
It is sad. I'm going to miss you all.
Me leaving doesn't mean that our connection is anything less.
It may not seem like this now, but having a connection with others can be a positive thing, even if they leave. Building a sense of connection with someone means that you have skills to build rapport and open yourself up. Please don't shut yourself down. Relationships (even working relationships) can teach us a lot. They can let us know what it's important to look for in future relationships.
What can I do in my next few days here with you?
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Phoenix_RisingSenior Contributor
@CherryBomb it isn't like that at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I've heard all those lines a trillion times before from the other trillion people that have gone away. It HURTS @CherryBomb. My whole inside HURTS. What does it possibly mean to say that your leaving "doesn't mean that our connection is anything less." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?????????????? You are here and you are leaving. Having someone there and then having them leave IS NOT A POSITIVE THING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have lost a thousand million people over the past twenty years. NONE OF THAT LOSS IS POSITIVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I have giant angry feelings and the angry feelings are because my inside hurts so bad. Angry and hurting. Super super super angry and super super super hurting. I so very very VERY badly wish I could pick up the phone and call someone right now. I super need to talk it out and there is no-one. Hurting super giant bad.
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Unknown userMember
So sad @CherryBomb
but wish you all the best with your studies and life.
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Faith-and-HopeSenior Contributor
Oh no .... @CherryBomb is leaving ..... ?!
But I know you gotta go .....
So heae flowers are for you ....
And I heard you're joining us for Friday Feast ......
But I'm gonna miss you ...
❤️💕💐💐💐🤗
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Shaz51Senior Contributor
Awwwwwwwwww - No Way!!!!!! @CherryBomb sad to see you go
but happy for your new direction with all that studying you did 
Thank you soooooooo much for helping me grow over the last 2 years and helping me to help Mr Shaz
The pictures are Chocolate Flowers, @CherryBomb soooo enjoy my special friend xoxoxo
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-Rayne-Senior Contributor
hey CherryBomb, we remember you here when we joined, which seems like a couple of lifetimes ago but was actually after we started our PhD. So we totally get the finish PhD thing - may we all do it, astoundingly 🙂 Best wishes.
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CherryBombSenior Contributor
Awww thanks so much for the well wishes!
I can't believe that this is it! Sadly, this is an end of era for me. Some of you may not know this, but @NikNik and I have been working on the SANE Forums since the very beginning. In the 'old days', we used to get excited about getting ONE post in the evening. In fact, there would be some nights - most nights - in the beginning where we got NO posts! We use to wonder if we were doing something wrong! Now we get a few 100, and that's just in the evenings! 
It's been amazing to watch this community grow, and to see the bonds that have been forged among the members. I'm amazed everyday at the depth of insight and understanding that you have and give to one another. All you have helped to build and make this community what it is.
This has been a really immensely rewarding experience. You have taught me and inspired me. I really do consider it a privilege to have been able share some of your jouneys with you. I thank you from the bottom of my heart.
This is CherryBomb signing out. 
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