Been a while …
I don’t come back here much anymore. I miss what my diary used to mean to me, like I miss so many things that got left behind that you can’t return to. Yeah, I know … that’s life and all that. Still, time as a one-way arrow sucks.
I’m doing OK, liver-wise. The past few observances of the anniversary of my transplant I pretty much kept to myself. The “WOW” factor has pretty much faded away after twelve years, which is how it should be for those who observed but did not experience first hand. The anniversary remains, to me, freshly poignant each time it arrives. I suspect it also remains that way to the donor family. There are times that I berate myself for letting language and culture get in the way of my continuing contact with them, but I continue to hope that the have been able to move past the date and find happiness in their lives as I have tried to do with mine.
I had an unexpeced email from an old friend from the original DD. It was good to hear she’d moved past what had been a miserable place in her life and has found happiness. Whether I disappeared from this site when the few who followed my diary were in good times or bad, I hope they also found the same happiness for themselves. At the end of the day, that is perhaps the best thing we can ever wish for each other.
I don’t know if I’ll return to here or not. There is an invisible link that draws me back, even though the site itself has become all but comatose without life support of any kind. It pleases me that it continues to exist though,
Good to see you post! A few of us old timers seem to be drawn back here of late. FB is fine for sharing fluff but this place is where we can still vent. Too bad, as you said, there’s no tech support on here.
As for me, times are good(ish). Doing a massive reno on the house and have added a third dog to the pack, a Sheltie with the worst case of demodex EVER. Took 14 months but it’s finally cleared up. On month 8 of the reno. I may well need a psych consult if it goes on much longer!
YOU!!!!!
Hi! 😀
You were spoken of just a week ago when Tech Man and I flew in to your local airport for a very fast layover. We wondered how you were and what Evil things you were up to. I’m glad to hear it’s still going strong.
Despite what you wrote, I do still think of you at this time every year because your experience is inextricably linked to a loss of mine that occurred around the same time of year (different year, of course). Though, for me, Labor Day week shows up on the calendar of my mind less and less glaringly. Now, I no longer anticipate it. Rather, it’s things like your diary entry or a news story that suddenly wake me to its existence. Then I think, oh yeah, that time is coming, and I remember.
A few months ago I tried to change the e-mail address that notifications get sent to when a friend updates here. I had trouble doing it so I tried to leave a message with Tech Support here. It was futile. I think of this thing like a dead satellite floating in space.
Wonderful to see your name in my mailbox, Sal. I do often think of you, and remember the times when we shared various corners of the web.
Life is going marvellously for Mr Kimi and me. My books continue to provide me a full-time living, and I’m currently caught up in preparations to release the sixth novel.
I hope you do drop in from time to time. I miss seeing you.
How good to see you back! And great to hear you’re doing well.
My life has changed a lot over the last few years, but the changes have been all for the good, and the future’s looking pretty exciting (or challenging, depending on what mood I’m in).
I’m one of those who abandoned the old DD site for the shiny new version – it’s just as echoey in the corridors over there, but there’s a few hardy souls still hanging round. Every so often I contemplate the move to one of the bigger blogging platforms, but loyalty keeps me at DD.
I didn’t see this until now. Sorry. I, too, miss what this place used to be. I wish it was the same. Nobody comments on my posts since Chaya died. Oh, how I miss her!