I will have to ask that someone else take this Sunday's homework as I will be leaving this board. Thank you for all your help and support in the last three years. Some of you have become great friends and wonderful helpers. I do appreciate that part of this board maybe more than anything else.

Cathy J

Cathy, like the others I do hope that you will return!! I don't always reply to every post but I do care what everyone here is feeling. We all have different needs and that is what I love so much about this board. Everyone is free to come here and vent, brag, whine (which is what I have been mostly doing lately) or just read the posts. There is so much to learn and share here.

From the moment that I started on this board, it has just felt like a comfortable "home". I've learned so much from you and the others here. I look forward to hearing from everyone and worry when someone hasn't posted for a while.

I know that what works for one person may backfire on the next person. We are all individuals with individual issues. We come here for support but in the end we are the only ones that can make changes and make them work. THAT IS WHAT WE ALL HAVE IN COMMON.

I haven't been here as long as some but I will miss your postings and want you to stay!!! Take a break if you need to but please don't leave us!!!!

I ditto what everyone else has said.
I enjoy reading your posts even if I don't always make a comment.
I don't always like or agree with things that are said but what the heck, that's life. People will never all think the same way about things, I don't agree with things my best friend or my sister (she is especially hard to get along with) say or do but I don't quit associating with them. If we only associate or communicate with those who think exactly like we do, we will soon be very lonely.

Hope you stay around.

Cathy,

I also really appreciate your input, and will really miss you if you don't reconsider. I hope that you know you will really be missed! You have been a very vital part of this board for 2 years now, and we will really miss you!

I also appreciate the diversity of this board....I take ideas from others and adapt them to fit what works for our fmaily and our budget.

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... as I will be leaving this board....

Please feel free to change your mind, and come back at any time in the future.

Like others here, I would miss you.

Cathy,

I'm adding my voice to "Stay! Please."

I'm probably reading things in the wrong order, so I'm not sure what is going on with you. I know I have related a lot to you this past months since the death of your mom (in my case it was my dad). Life seems so tough after that loss.

One of the things that I love about this board is the diversity. The myriad opinions and wealth of information and the support for whatever is going on in my life.

We will be here for you, Cathy. We care about you.

Linda

Cathy, I get my feelings hurt sometimes when we talk about how awful it is that some mom's feed their kids fast food. I always make sure I post something about the HUGE amount of fast food we ate... just in case some mom is lurking who is eating too much fast food.

We need ALL points of view... people who do use personal trainers and people who are dancing in the living room and lifting water bottles to the Sesame Street theme song. We need health foodies eating all organic whole grains and them that are still eating fast food and white bread. We need people who love to exercise and them that hate it and do the bare min (or none at all...).

That's how you get balance...

I wish you wouldn't go... but if you do... and you ever want to come back... You do know that you are MORE than welcome. No explanation needed...

I think I read your post first, when I started lurking on the board. "Pack all those Xmas cookies up and put them in the trunk of the car... if you have to walk down the icy driveway to get a cookie... you'll think twice!"

I knew this board had common sense and nobody was saying, "Just be strong and have some will power and don't eat the cookies on the counter."

I thank you for that first post! I've never forgotten it.

And remember, if you ever change your mind... welcome back.

I hope you'll reconsider because I think you benefit from the board and the board benefits from you. But should you decide to leave, I'll miss your input.

I also hate to see you go. I agree with everyone else, you add so much to the forum. Would you please reconsider?

Laura

Cathy, I'll add my cybervoice to asking you to please reconsider. You didn't say what your reasons were, but maybe if you tell us, there's something we can do. We'd really miss you.

Cathy,
I hope that you will stay. I think you bring a good perspective to the board.
If you do leave, I wish you well and thank you for your input over time.
Sandy

*hugs* Cathy.

We will be very sorry to see you go! Is it a budget thing? Maybe you can pop in from the Library to see us! We'll miss you!

Please don't leave!

Catherine

NO!!!!! Please don't go Cathy!!!!!!

You contribute so incredibly much to this forum and it would be a huge loss to all of us to see you go.

Your perspective is so valuable!

In no way were any of my comments on the other thread meant to be personal. I'm so sorry if I have caused you any pain.

Please don't go!!!!!!

Why do you feel you are making this choice? Because you don't agree with an opinion? Do we always have to agree? If you have benefitted and you have given (so much!) then why go?
Lynne