Thank you all.

[lildreamer316]

I just wanted to take this time to thank all of you here on this forum, and to offer an apology. I found this forum when I needed it most, and all of you have been absolutely wonderful to me and my family. As a Leo, I tend to get all excited about things and jump in full-force, and I may have come on a bit strong. I feel as if I am always acting as the resident drama queen, which is something I have striven to overcome in my life. I appreciate so much all of you putting up with my mood swings and "crisis" times, and am genuinely sorry if I seem to over-Leo it a bit. I enjoy contributing here and am learning so much here it's extraoridinary!

So as, for me, the old year ends and a new one begins, I offer to you my gratefulness for being exactly who and what you are, and for being my surrogate family sometimes. Not a pity ploy here, but at 33 I am unusual for having already lost both my parents, one in '94 and one at the very beginning of 2004. I am an only child,and my extended family lives 2 hours away. In the way my life has changed so much in the last few years, I have moved on from many of those I considered friends before, and now only really have 1 or 2 I can call true friends. I'm sure many of you have had similar experiences. I swear,in my next incarnation I'm going to insist on siblings!
All of you here have bolstered me and helped me as only true friends can only do, and I am so very thankful.

Here's to a great new year; looking foreward to all the exciting things we know are coming. I can't wait to find out what I'm going to learn this year!!!

[rumpel]

1. .....

:grouphug:

[BlueIris]

2. Aww. And hee. I thought *I* was the resident drama queen.

Or not. I don't know. I hope that you will find the next year less challenging than the last one.

[lildreamer316]

3. I think we will be

passing the crown back and forth..."is it my turn? or yours? gimme!!" :crazy:
Hope things continue in a positive strain for you, too. I think we need a break, no?

[I Have A Dream]

4. Thank you for everything that you contribute, lildreamer.

I've gotten so much good information, so many interesting resources and many words of wisdom from you.

:hug:

[hippiechick]

5. Dreamer: not unusual, just a Leo ... :-)

August 13th here. :hi:

... I lost both my parents by the time I was 28 (mom when I was 18, dad when I was 27) and live over 500 miles from my 'family' ... some of whom don't even realize where I live now. I'm the youngest of 7 but was raised as an 'only' because of the age gap (a menopausal oops), and have had tumultuous changes happen several times over the course of my adult life. I've reinvented myself so many times, I sometimes feel like Madonna. :)

Take comfort in knowing that the rough patches happen to us all, and they aren't Spirit's way of personally 'picking on' you but instead are her way of seeing you stretch your abilities.

Oh, and you're not the resident drama queen, btw. ;)

Keep on' keepin' on ... :hug:

[Why Syzygy]

6. I was gonna say

what hippiechick said. Sounds like a normal Leo to me. We can't help it if we live life on the edge. Just the way it is. My closest friend is a Capricorn, and she is just awed by my life stories. Drama. Someone's gotta do it. Wouldn't life be just too dull with vanilla all the time? French vanilla, so much better.

I get a lot of support from this forum too. You all seem to be like the sisters and brothers I never had. (I have two blood sisters, but they have such different views, we have no common territory.)

Please don't apologize. Your input is always welcome and read with great interest.

[Grateful for Hope]

7. I also wanted to add

that I have been very appreciative of all the resources you pass on, and, you definitely do not seem like a "drama queen" to me at all.

I also really enjoy your posts.

Although I read this forum several times a day, I rarely post. I apologize that I haven't given you some positive reinforcement before now.

I am a Sag with a Leo moon...so, I understand somewhat about "living life on the edge".

Thank you for being a member of this community!

[Cleita]

8. Strange, I'm an only child and I lost both my parents by the

time I was thirty seven. The rest of my extended family have died before me, so all I have left are some second cousins who hardly know me. Then my husband died almost two years ago really leaving me alone except for his family who are kind to me.

I wonder when we selected our lives if we did so as a learning experience to make up for things from a previous life? Have you any thoughts about this? It seems like there was nothing I could do to change how this karma played out. Death of loved ones is pretty much out of our hands for free will choices.