Please remember that some of what I posted yesterday are just my opinions on certain subjects. My response yesterday was me wearing two hats, i.e., moderator and long time poster. BTW, I am not pointing fingers at anyone. We all have strayed from the mission of the Board one time or another. We get caught up in each other's lives and come to catch up with our friends and newbies and tend to forget that we are not sitting in a cafe, bistro, etc. We tend to forget that the Board is not a "secured" one whereby only the members can see what is posted.
I can assure all that no one person makes the "management" decisions around here. All three moderators, Administrator and Michele discuss whatever the issue/situation is and then Michele will make the final decision.
As for deleting your threads that are tucked away. I'm going to leave them for a bit. If you want them archived, I can move them over when the time comes. There are a lot of "pearls of wisdom" in them.
Like you, I came here many years ago...looking for answers and to compare notes with the posters. I did a lot of research and came back here and shared what I had learned along the way. My divorce was finalized in 2002, and like many of the old timers, I opted to stay and pay it forward whenever possible.
After many years, we had lost a number of our moderators, so I stepped up to the plate to offer my time to the Board because I felt I owed a lot of what I learned to this place and to the people who were here and have since left to live their lives to the fullest in the real world.
I don't post as often as I should, but I do a lot of reading and saying "yes" to the postings. It's a new day and we all have so much to look forward to. Spring is just around the corner which means new beginnings.
Each and every poster that is currently on this Board, go to a mirror and look at yourself and say "I am worthy and I am a good, kind person. I will do my very best each and every day."
Each and every poster is a success story in their own way. I have watched so many come and go and am so proud of all of them. They came here broken, confused, angry, etc., and when they healed, they because such beautiful people once more, i.e., very much like the life cycle of a butterfly.
Sit quietly, the answers will reveal themselves when you least expect them to. The past is gone, the present is a gift and you need to focus on today, allow the future to reveal itself when it is ready.
