I'm repeating myself...

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

It seems the posts I make most often are those where I try and explain my absences.  So, here I go again...
In addition to the increase in my work hours, we had a death in our family on Tuesday.  Losing someone affects so many aspects of our life, our attention and focus.  Dallis was the husband of my cousin Kathy, who we lost two years ago to cancer.  She was my closest cousin in age, and we grew up writing letters across the miles, cherishing each other as the sisters we never had.
All of this to say that my mind has been elsewhere, my attention on family matters.  I miss being really active here and sincerely apologize if anyone has noticed and felt neglected.  Perhaps that is too precious of me, to think it matters, but this community has been a labor of love for the fandom's inimitable heroes and the organization they serve.  I am hoping that in the days ahead I can carve out that space again for immersing myself in the luxury of writing.
In the meantime, so many people are carrying on splendidly!  Thanks to everyone who continues to post challenges, write stories and pay attention.  Our readers are sometimes silent but the statistics tell us you are here.
I'm looking forward to sitting down and reading what I've missed and adding to them... soon.
You're all so awesome.  Thank you.

Comments

[mrua7.livejournal.com]

Hugs to you my friend! Hang in there.

[hypatia-66.livejournal.com]

Some things are a bit more important. We can all wait. My sympathy, it must be a hard time. I too lost a close friend recently, someone I'll miss deeply, so I feel for you.

[pactnmmt.livejournal.com]

I am so sorry for you loss. Don’t worry about not appearing here as much, we understand. Family and jobs first. When you do get a chance to focus more on the fandom think of it as a reward for dealing with real life. Take care.

[laurose8.livejournal.com]

I'm so very sorry about your losses! My sympathy and best wishes to you and your family.

[jantojones.livejournal.com]

Condolences for you loss.
Real life always takes priority, but we're still here whenever you're able to stop by :-)

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[sidhe-uaine42.livejournal.com]

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[bonniejean1953.livejournal.com]

Hugs... so sorry for your loss. We'll be here waiting when you are ready to return. Count on it. In the meantime, know we are all very sorry for this and hope you know you are in our thoughts.

[threecee.livejournal.com]

I'm so sorry for the loss of you cousin and then the death of her husband which must have brought back memories and made things doubly hard. *hug*

I do notice your absence, but I understand that real life happens to us all.

[glennagirl.livejournal.com]

Thanks to everyone for such supportive sentiments. I have the weekend to get through and then hopefully settle in on something productive next week. We have such a great group here... Keep writing and reading and being awesome!