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I dont tell you all often enough how much you all mean to me. No matter what is going on with my health or personal life, when I come here, I feel enveloped in love and understanding. I never had that before. I never really had friends like this before. I may have had two or three at a time, but never this many and never people that understood me this well, or had the depths of compassion that you all show me and each other every single day.
I want you all to know that I dont take any of that for granted. That I value each and every post that everyone writes, not just in response to my posts, but the ones you write to each other. Somedays, I experiance the same problems that someone else wrote about, but I dont want to post mine b/c I feel like I have taken up too much time and space already. But then, I see that someone else posted with the same thing going on, and I read those responses and take the help that is offered, and it always helps!
So, when you write a response to someone else, please know that you arent just helping the person that you think you are helping. You are also helping everyone else who reads it and uses your words and ideas to help them too, (sometimes at that moment, and sometimes we draw from your words when we need them later.)
Lots of times you will write something that has been said here over and over, (like try a heating pad and/or ice), and even though I know to do those things, I may not have thought of it at that moment, but at your prompting, I go try it and am helped.
I consider myself so lucky and so fortunate to have met some of the most wonderfully supportive people since I came here. I have met some of my dearest friends from coming here. (I wont dare name them, because there are far too many to name) and I dont rank any of them as in "this is my best friend" "this is my 2nd best" etc. because each is the best when I am talking to them and the most important person in the world (besides my family), in that moment.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all that you do every day for me and for each other.
I love you all.
Amy
I want you all to know that I dont take any of that for granted. That I value each and every post that everyone writes, not just in response to my posts, but the ones you write to each other. Somedays, I experiance the same problems that someone else wrote about, but I dont want to post mine b/c I feel like I have taken up too much time and space already. But then, I see that someone else posted with the same thing going on, and I read those responses and take the help that is offered, and it always helps!
So, when you write a response to someone else, please know that you arent just helping the person that you think you are helping. You are also helping everyone else who reads it and uses your words and ideas to help them too, (sometimes at that moment, and sometimes we draw from your words when we need them later.)
Lots of times you will write something that has been said here over and over, (like try a heating pad and/or ice), and even though I know to do those things, I may not have thought of it at that moment, but at your prompting, I go try it and am helped.
I consider myself so lucky and so fortunate to have met some of the most wonderfully supportive people since I came here. I have met some of my dearest friends from coming here. (I wont dare name them, because there are far too many to name) and I dont rank any of them as in "this is my best friend" "this is my 2nd best" etc. because each is the best when I am talking to them and the most important person in the world (besides my family), in that moment.
Thank you all from the bottom of my heart for all that you do every day for me and for each other.
I love you all.
Amy
You always have very moving and kind things to say. You personally helped me get through the day yesterday. Thank you for your continued support. Everyone here at the IC, thank you too for the wisdom, encouragement, and sound advice you always offer.
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Anyway, now you know the story behind the pic. Hopefully, we will get a new one next Sunday without his mean face. 
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