I couldn't even begin to express how you all have helped me. You all are here, in the middle of the night, when you can't just pick up the phone and call anyone. Friends like this you sure can't put a price on! And much better than trying to get support out of some family members, who are so willing to give free advise, but to help? Forget it.

I can't get this type of support from most of the family. I keep getting the "you should" bs I want to tell them where to put their "you should's".

I sure wish we all lived close enough to get together once in a while.

I don't see me leaving this website. I have too many friends here.

You all have carried me when I felt I couldn't even walk a minute longer.

None of you know it all, but between all of you together, you DO know it all

Paradoxa and Still Mar (yes and you too, Bobcat!)
A friend might get up in the middle of the night to bail you out of jail.
A REALLY GOOD friend will be sitting in the cell with you and laughing, "Man, that sure was fun, wasn't it??!"
A big thank you goes to ALL of you who have been right there beside us in the cell, and those of you who have bailed us out in the middle of the night.

I have said it in other pages of this book, but now I say it here. Without the friends at ECO, I really think I would have caved in long before the job was done.

Now because of ECO, I KNOW there is life to come after caregiving is done. It feels so strange to be "off duty", but I KNOW it is going to be OK. I know this because of all of you, my friends and I am not afraid.

Yep. Never coulda made it through without ECO! It was always such a relief to communicate with folks who were/are "walking the walk."

What's important is that every day someone new comes to ECO who really needs to hear from others who have walked the walk and who are still willing to talk the talk. WHile many of us are actively grieving and reconstructing our lives, I hope we'll all try to "remember when..." and take some time out for the new folks. They need to know people have actually lived through this!

Love Y'all!!

I know I survived everything a lot better because of this forum. People have become more then just names and became my family. Even after my mom died we stayed together. I love you all and Paradoxa...ya I would have been in the jail cell right next to you if not for this .

I just can't imagine how I would have coped if I hadn't found this site. More axe murders less emails to the siblings I s'pose

No Mae, you were just a mess. NEVER an idiot.

Actually, by the time I got here, you seemed to be a pretty pulled together phenomenal woman.
Glad to see you're back on the forum again - I've missed your wisdom.

bnot, I could not agre with you more.I came here an idiot and a mess.It gave me so much compfort to be able to share my emotions and also gather so much useful information and support

Awwwwww.
Hugs to you, too.