Posted by rayww on February 22, 2003, at 8:57:09
In reply to Miller, posted by bozeman on February 21, 2003, at 23:30:41
> When new to this site it can be really hard to navigate . . . easy to miss things . . . . can't imagine anyone would have intentionally dissed you . . . and even if they did . . . . I still love reading your gentle, intelligent, thoughtful posts. :)
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> bozeman
I love reading your posts too Miller. you are so thoughtfully kind. If you read Dena's posts you would see she is a mother of 7 who home schools her children and who battles negativity and depression. Her focus is on her belief in God, and since she is new here, on trying to navigate properly. The question she asked in her introduction,
"Anyone else out there dealing with trying to pray when depression/negativity seems to get in the way?" has not been addressed either.I see both as pure oversights. Perhaps she, though willing to share her testimony, did not wish to be held up as a light and example to everyone quite yet, and maybe she is still writing and thinking, trying to determine what her turning point actually was. She may have described it in another post, thinking she was responding to your welcome in that way.
How many times have I and others reached out on these forums and have not been responded to? Embarrassing, but for some reason most of us keep coming back.
I was really happy to see your welcome to Dena, as you hadn't been back to faith since my bannishment. Your "sadness" post helped to cheer me up when I wasn't allowed to post, and believe me I had a lot to say in those two weeks on a lot of topics.
Why else would we keep coming back, if not to write to ourselves? In a wonderful book I am reading, "If You Want to Write" it explains the basic need for daily expression, and extolls it because of the uniqueness and individuality of each person.
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