I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who wrote for the kind words and support. Like anyone else, I get hurt by some of the things people say but I also fully recognize that this is a democracy, and people certainly have a right to vote me off the island!
But that doesn't always mean I'll just give up and leave quietly. As I get older, God seems to connect me with young people who often have their ideas criticized and disregarded, so I think it's important to set an example that even negative feedback can be used to help revise or improve one's work instead of crumbling.
One of the great things about having a forum of this magnitude is that if someone doesn't like what's being built on one island, they can always go off and create their own.
And I would encourage anyone who doesn't like these threads to please just skip over them. I'm certainly not expecting people to read them but am grateful to those who take the time to do so and even participate.
@Susanna -- I wanted to thank you specifically for this post because it means a lot to me that these threads might help people -- that's my entire purpose of writing them. In truth, I feel a little envious of the people in this thread because they are SO multi-talented!! As for me, lol... this is it -- you caught me red-handed.
The past few years I've put almost all of my energy into writing things like these threads and personal letters.
One of the things I've been concerned about during this pandemic is how other singles are coping through it (NOT that I'm not concerned for others as well, but singles seem to be what God has put on my heart.) As if some singles weren't lonely enough, I know the social isolation and entrapment has to be paralyzing, so if these threads can ease people's minds just for a minute and give them something fun and interesting that they feel connected to, then it's more than worth the effort.
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