The material presented
here is not Al-Anon Conference Approved Literature. It is a method
to exchange
information, ideas, feelings, problems and solutions on a personal
level.
It has to be said that there are unsung heros on this board and I for one want to recognise them. They are the people who dedicate time and effort and work "backstage" for the good of others.
We are so lucky here to have such people on this board to keep it safe from abuse.
MIP has played an enormous part in my personal recovery programme and it is with sadness that I notice that Debilyn is no longer one of the moderators. I think I may have missed something as I have been poorly and not on the board as much as I used to be.
I know that it is often a case of moving on and letting 'new blood' in to refresh something that may have grown a little stale but I am sure this is NOT the case here for I know how passionate Debilyn is about this wonderful family.
So whatever the reasons, I what to publicly thank her for her service and wish her well. We will still read her posts with love and interest and we will still enjoy her responses and gain encouragement from them for this is something that she oozes.
To all the other moderators and the "backstage" workers I am sending a huge thank you too to encourage you to work together and with integrity to keep this resource open and free from prejudice, judgement and fear.
Vulnerable people need strong, trustworthy, courageous and compassionate people to lean upon. These four pillars, if made of such qualities, will more than adequately ensure that this safe "house" is SAFE.
So Debilyn, whatever you do in the future please take with you MY HONEST, and MOST SINCERE thanks and know that I, for one appreciate your SERVICE TO OTHERS.
It is my opinion that you are a truly strong and gifted 12th stepper and your work as a Moderator here on the board has been a credit to you. Your heart is compassionate and your faith is your strength. Your honesty and your humour too stand you in good stead and show a very human fallability, something that we all are fallable but which lots of us struggle to acknowledge and work with.
God bless and take care my dear, YOU where one of the "oldies" who first supported me when I arrived two or three years ago (gosh how time flies), and you have continued to do so ever since, along with others of the "old guard". People come and go, but the "old guard" keep on coming back and it is their long and trusted experience that shows us "newbies" the way forward, (yeah I still consider myself a newbie after thirty + years of alanon programming).
So, let's hear it for ALL THOSE WHO GIVE OF THEMSELVES IN THE SERVICE OF OTHERS.
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Out of the ruin of my past I have found the fortress of myself and I know how to defend it.
Strive for WISDOM; Seek SERENITY; NEVER compromise your INTEGRITY.
NO one has chased me off. I learned so many things from all this upheaval.
My life is full of busy busy getting ready for winter. I work outside from about 8 to five. I mean almost constant. If I stop I cannot get going again!
Wish I could invite ya all over to sit in my new huge garden, hear the pond running down the hill, see all the humming birds, feed the tiny chickens, lay in the glider and rest in the sitting glider.
My friend gave me about 10 beautiful roses! She is putting in basically an all rock, paver with plants type yard. No grass. It will look so nice. So I dug them about from 9 to 4. Was such good exercise. Feels so good.
My friend had an mri and will find out Monday what was seen in the ultra sound. Her parends died of cancer, one sis has leukemia the other colon cancer. I held her and told her please don't to it to me! I have loved her since our kids were babies. We used to take our babies and go play.
Anyway am making things so it is easy to feed and keep all my babies warm and safe in winter. Grooming my dogs, bringing in hay, and putting the cats in the barn. Got 18 big chickens, my eggs hatched have four tiny banties and 12 older dutch banties.
And as always doing things two or three times as I recycle the cans, set them down before I get them to my recycle corner, forget, go back,pigs have got them strewn all over. pick them up, think about how dumb I am. Then realize I left the gate open, Great Pyr Sauvey gets out and takes off, have to run to get him.
Pigs get in the cans again....this is my life. lol
So believe me, I come here every day, I came alive again in Jan.09. Healed from the AH's disease. Enjoying a good friend in my life, who is very special to me. Yes it is a he. It has gotten so much closer the last few months. Is a living relationship, growing.
Anyhooo this is me! I could never stay away from the people at MIP. I depend on you guys.
and who else would listen to my bolony!!?? hugs,debilyn hugging sue and handing her wild flowers....
I don't believe that you have just called me a NUT! Debilyn I thought you were my friend. 
