You just brought tears to my eyes, you too have touched my life, and always check in on me to see how I am doing. I want to name a few, but feel I would leave someone out. There are just too many that have helped me on my jouney. Hopefully you know who you are because I have tried to tell you daily. I have found so much love and support in this place. Thank you so much.

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Everyone is a mirror.

You came here looking and you find.

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The frist one that comes to mind is when I shared a song my 8 yr old wrote. I was feeling like the WORST MOM EVER! I was so moved by all the reponces! People telling me I have done a good job because he can share with me his feelings and that he is creative with a great outlet. Those toughts would of never enteried my mind. I really can't express how much better I felt, I needed that so I could go on and try to be the best mom I can be.
All of your love was wonderful!!!

Wow BigBeeper--thanks that was such a nice thing to say. I've found so many wonderful people here--maybe there's some of that in me? Thanks for the support!

I came here to buy time. Time to reflect on what has gone on in my life. Time to look at what might lay ahead. I post just to hear myself think. I post to help when I can. I read and I learn.

The company here is good.

"She touched my peppy Steve"

LoL sorry, you guys know Im a smart ass.

Everyone here has helped me in so many ways, prior to coming to DS I had alot of jacked up views on relationships in marriages. I didnt buy into the whole fairy tale horse shit happily ever after crap. Which I still dont, but where I was wrong, I was accepting dog food, not accepting that human food existed so to speak. I knew I shouldnt of married her, but I did anyway, I knew she wasnt treating me right, but I stayed anyway. I just thought, from the examples I had in my life, that love was more of a mirage, something that comes and goes, a passes emotiong, kind of like anger, but its not. I truly believed you find someone your "compatable" with and then just go through life with them. Thats what I thought, I was also way too accepting of the family in law situation, allowing them to manipulate our relationship etc etc etc. And had I not found you guys, I probably would of been overly accepting of the situation with my daughter. You guys have given me so much strength to fight for my Mckenna, you just dont know. Everyone here is wonderful. Lastly, Ive said it before and Ill say it again, you guys reinstilled hope in humanity for me.

I want to give a special thanks to LSU. I honestly did not know Love until well, how it happened... well... Who cares. I Love You Emmie.

If an elephant falls due to sickness it is unlikely they will get back up and recover. If an elephant falls, they usually die. That is why the rest of the elephants surround the sick elephant to support it so it won't fall. They stay until the elephant heals ... or it is impossible.
Many people on this site have been my elephant family. The have been more kind, more helpful and more loving than my counselor, my victim's advocate, and my own family. i came here in a real moment of need and these are the people who reached out to me and I want to thank them from the bottom of my heart. They have restored my faith that there are kind, sincere gentle and wise people in the world - there really are elephants among us. Thank you all in no particular order:
Stirfry, Anne7676, Thriver, Courier, FrmDeb2U, Scrambled, Smaguire, RubyMcC, Namaste01, heartache101, 23yearsdone, Kulia, Jc1023, Hopeformore26, StevB, skipper0128, Rodd18, maclori, KahluaMike, suzanne8, GeocacherNY, petitegal, sockpuppet, Goofy2007, PompousPoop.
I don't care if it sounds cheesy - you truly have made a difference in my life. With your support and prayers I have more strength and courage. Thank you for holding me up ;-)

this is how i feel about ds also, thanks for sharing. this is what this site is all about. loving, laughing, crying together. i would not have gotten through this so easily without all of you. and it is still not easy some days, but i just come here and there are always words of wisdom of or something to let me know, i'll be ok.

Well, I've been here since September. I have posted some things that were bothering me, truly difficult att imes and did not get many responses. However, I also posted a off topic thread, and got many responses. Just because it was off topic did not mean it was any less important to me. I do wish that some of my more serious threads got more than a glance. My real issues may seem trivial or boring to some, but are meaningful and hurtful to me...

MaryMary, sometimes we do the best that we can as a group. If we fall short of your expectations, love us and accept us for who we are. We do want to be here for you. Sometimes I need to read whay you wrote--I might not reply, but you are helping me as I think about how it all relates to my situation. Thanks for the help from both your serious and off topic threads!

I want to thank wistful1347 she has saved me so many times..and Tamij,31years and Courier..these are my angels...and more but I don't want to fill up the page..love you guys!

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truly, never thought of it that way...it's good to read that....I feel better, really.
Sometimes, when I don't get a response, I tend to think that maybe I'm just being overly sensitive, or I need to just get over whatever I'm feeling, or the most hurtful feeling, is that when there are few responses, I feel that much more alone, but it's a good feeling to know that ppl may read certain threads, and it helps them in their situation...that's nice...

I agree so much with what Alone is saying. I too will read threads and sometimes reply to the back or don't reply, but I have gained something from reading it.

I don't post a lot but I do read a lot. When I'm sitting here feeling alone, I read and don't feel so alone. Thank you to all who have shared their problems, feelings and successes. Thank you also to those who add some lightness and humor to the group. The wonderful DS family here has really helped me survive.

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