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It is with a heavy heart and deep regrets that I will be closing my blog on Open Salon on February 29th. I am incredibly busy with my full-time job as a social worker where my responsibilities have expanded along with my (unpaid) hours. My memoir class at the YMCA is also quite demanding as it is where I am simultaneously writing and presenting chapters of my book and commenting (I hope intelligently) on the writing of my classmates. I also try to blog weekly for my first paid writing gig – my blog on the website of the magazine Psychology Today.
I don’t like hanging on to anything I can’t do well.
I learned how to blog on OS. It is a great community and I have made many friends – virtual and otherwise. This is a place I have always come to for support in the last year-and-a-half, whether I was having a particularly difficult time, or I wanted to celebrate an accomplishment. OS was the one place that I could count on to receive thoughtful and sustaining comments. It was the place where I could be totally honest when I felt that I couldn’t even be honest with some of the people in my life. And for that level of support, I thank you.
There are too many people to thank personally, but there is one person who I want to single out. Cranky Cuss – a huge thank you. We met in a class at a community writing center and you are the one who guided me through the process of posting my first blog on OS. You PM’ed all your fans and introduced me and my writing to them. When I received my first EP you were the one who e-mailed me to congratulate me. You are truly a kind and generous soul with a wicked sense of humor. Many times as I have sat and started my day with one of your blogs I have spit up my coffee as I have laughed out loud. Thank you again for your kind spirit and generous soul.
A toast to all my fellow OS’ers. I have so much to thank you for and to be grateful to you for. Take care and keep writing.
Please visit my blog at:
http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/both-sides-the-couch
Please visit my website (original artwork by dirndl skirt) at:
www.gerriluce.com
Please continue to contact me at:
gerriluce@gmail.com
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...and it appears you have. I know I'm not as active here as I once was either and I've missed a lot of fabulous writing...yours included. You will be missed.
...and it appears you have. I know I'm not as active here as I once was either and I've missed a lot of fabulous writing...yours included. You will be missed.
You are an inspiring and talented example of tenaciousness. When I was a teen, you'd have been called a "plugger." That's someone for who difficulty and setbacks just don't count. It's a major compliment. Personally I find your work inspiring. Keep it up.
Movement is good. Surprise visit us when you feel like it or stay too busy being happy.
---Fondly, Gary
Of course, I seriously doubt you'll find any of my articles on Pscychology Today, but who knows, maybe someday. I think about all kinds of things and it's a great soul who keeps at it, eventually growing past the circles they once gravitated, expanding their world -- and hopefully, in return, expanding the world of others.
Good luck, stop on by onc't in a wall and Ah'll kip a lat on fer ya.
(that's my version of Deep South phonetic dialog, Ah hope yuh lack it.)
--r--