Saying Goodbye

I just want to write this entry because I still can.  I am very shaken up over the impending loss of this site, and want to reminisce about how this site has changed my life.

I came here after writing in Teen Open Diary back in 2001.  It was where I let out all of my frustrations in my teen years and into my early twenties.  I have all of my memories about going through my parents divorce, which was extremely hard on me.  I made some strong connections with others on this site as well.  I met my first love through this site, who I still think of to this day.  I traveled to places I never would have imagined just to meet others who knew me for who I really was deep down and still accepted me in spite of it all.  I made connections with people that I was never able to meet too, and who kept me sane through all of the rough times.  I just hope that I made as much of an impact on their life as they did mine.

The connections that I made here were so much more important and real because they were with people who really knew me, my good, my bad, and my ugly sides, and somehow still loved me.  I also loved them back.  I have not spoken to most of these people in a long while, although I still check frequently to see if they have updated.  I believe the last update on my friends list was back in 2006, save only one who has started updating recently.

I am upset that I will probably never hear from these people again.  I will never be able to let them know just how much they meant and still mean to me.  The loss I feel that this site will no longer exist is too deep for me to put into words. 

If any of my old friends still check in randomly as I do, please feel free to contact me!  My email is hmpeery@yahoo.com

I’ve gone over to Prosebox.net as well and will continue to write there under the same name.  Not sure if that will be my permanent home, but for now, that is where I will be.