Some of you have PM'd me or emailed me asking where I have been etc so I thought I owed the membership here an explanation.
My Mom is dying. It is an insane and ugly situation that I am handling mostly on my own. I lost my job and moved out of my home and into a 5th wheel trailer in her back yard to take care of her, set up hospice etc until I can complete my move from CA to TN - yes Susan and I will be neighbors and TN has no idea what is on its way lol.
Additionally there are some changes in my relationship with Brooke. If nothing more, Brooke is my best friend and I don't believe I am speaking out of turn to say she feels the same way about me. There are issues in Brooke's life that only she can resolve and I need to let her do so and maybe, just maybe someday Brooke and I will once again be "Brooke and I", until then I feel I should step back a little to let her breath and grow.
That being said, I will be around, mostly in the mod/admin forums doing mod stuff and I will be in chat from time to time until I begin the trek from here to TN. I am of course still responding to PM's. I would like to minimize my forum time for Brookes sake. I feel she has a home here and there are so many resources and wonderful people for her to utilize it would be silly for her to seek out some other inferior place, so I think if I am less visable here she will begin to participate more and open up to the real issues she is dealing with.
She begins therapy for the first time in a cpl weeks. I am excited and nervous for her at the same time, but I know this is a very important step. I pray that she finds the peace in her own mind she has struggled so long to find. I love Brooke with all of my heart and we are still in contact. It isn't any kind of weird scene with us, just a little break for her to move forward with transition.
So if I seem MIA, this is why. I have much going on and I am always here as a GG, an SO and a friend.
