That's all - Happy 2008 everyone!

Blu

thank you michael, for tottally saving me during my bad times in life. without you, i would not have met freebaby, poisonivey, goddess, d2b, phyx, lumpy, lost, amanda, freckles,  gs, jaded angel, eq widow, and much much many many more.........

we are always in your debt. athough, i have a site, and pq has a site and others will pop up, nothing replaces what you have given us over the years..................

thanks again..................

anyone who needs help, or wants to talk, your welcome here, atleast till the new ojar is up and running, and longer.............


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This should probably go under unsent letters, but he had a story to tell.  I want to thank everyone for him that he can't be here to thank personally.  Tonight I remember the kind man he was, and not what life and personal choices compelled him to be.

He was the father of my children, at one time my best friend, a wounded soul from the start, but he cared deeply about those who touched his life.  I don't know who all he was in contact here, but thank you Trapped, Newts, and Twine for being there for him when he needed you.  I know the three of you saw past his anger and bitterness and caught a glimpse of the man I married.

For those that stumble across this site, please remember there is always light in the darkness and don't ever forget you are loved.

I really don't know what to say here, and I really hadn't planned to post one of these, but frack it - I've been here three years now, so I really shouldn't let this just pass...

Michael - thank you for giving us this online home. And thank you for your patience when I was blasting everything in sight. I hope the new site is everything you want it to be. I'll certainly be waiting to check it out. Cheers, and have a wonderful 2008.

Shey, Cherrybomb, JC and PG - thank you for being there, especially these past few weeks. Thank you for being the voices of reason when I wasn't capable of it. I owe you more than you'll ever know...

Lumpy, Goose, snkpck, WP, WG, Lady J, Freckles, Beren, JNA, and too many others to count. You've made me laugh, and made me think. Thank you all for keeping it interesting around here these past few years.

D2B...

My God, I don't even know what to say.

I came here three years ago, after what probably should've ended everything between us. It didn't. We've both used this site since then to pass hidden messages to each other, and keep tabs on each other as we've gone through our various meltdowns. I guess it's only fitting that this board be shutting down now, don't you?

Maybe it's time we stopped using proxies to communicate, whether it be this board or another.  Neither of us can take back the things we've said and done - you can't unring a bell. The best either of us can do is move forward from here, whether together or apart, and not look back.

Stand up and walk out of your history...Phil McGraw

Those are very true words, for both of us. We've spent so much time looking back that we've neglected to look forward. Not you, not me - WE. We're both guilty of that. The bitch of it is, we can't move forward until we look forward. The first step is forgiveness.

I forgive you.

I hope someday you can forgive me. Even more important, I hope someday we can forgive ourselves.

Thank you for every kindness. Thank you for our children. For the first time I saw them. Thank you for being someone I was always proud to be with. For your guts, for your sweetness. For how you always looked, for how I always wanted to touch you. God, you were my life. I apologize for everytime I ever failed you. Especially this one...


No matter where we head in the coming year, whether it be together or apart, I only have one wish - may 2008 finally bring the healing that we both so desperately need.

I love you, T, and if I had only one gift to give you, that would be it - healing.

Goodbye, OJAR. It's been real.


For those I forgot to thank, I do apologize. And for those I didn't thank and didn't forget... well, you know who you are...

"From Clarice/Lady J"


I just want to also extend my thank yous to all that supported me through the most difficult time in my life. I am not going to list names either as everyone of you know how much I care about you all.

I have made some real friends here and the blessings I have received will echo throughout the rest of my life.

Thank you and bye.

PS

I love you Ezy

Hi



Have a Nice Day

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I will be here and there
 

Come back to the New Ojar soon too

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 I don't know what I can say that hasn't already been written. Frankly, I'm at a bit of a loss for words. I think JimB said it best with his goodbye post. The whole is greater than the sum of its' parts. Everyone who has contributed to this site has helped me in some way. I don't want to even try to name names because I know I'll end up forgetting some of them. The only thing I can add is this: If 4 years ago, someone had told me that you can foster a genuine sense of community online, I would have laughed at them. Happily, this wonderful place proved me wrong. This has been my cyber-home away from home. Micheal, thank you for allowing me to play in your sandbox. I truly hope this is farewell and not goodbye. I expect to find you all back here in a few months time. Fare thee well.    

Can't and really don't want to say goodbye.  Until later sounds better to me.  I will miss all my friends on here, and will try to log into hugthat to see what is going on.  Will also keep in touch with those I will miss the most via email.  Ojar has been there through a lot of things in my life....my divorce, my dating, my marriage, my pregnancy and most recently....my father's death and the almost death of most of my in-laws.  Through all of that, OJAR and my friends here were there for me.

I just wanted to say sooo long and until a later time....and of course, thank you Michael for this great site!

I am not going to write a big goodbye - because I am not leaving.  I will be available on premium, I am signed up on that email list (feel free to use mine- old-timers and newbies alike!) and Michael has permission to give out my contact even to people who weren't here when we shut down for a little while...  I will be here when we get back.

However, I DO feel like I will lose contact with some people who won't be around themselves, my "hometown" will become more sparsely populated.  I will miss so many of you.  I will miss the newbies I could have learned to love too.

At the end of this year, at the end of THIS era - I want you all to know how much you have meant to me.  Everyone who has mentioned me has a special place in my heart, I only wish I had time to explain it... I so love seeing some people who were gone or mostly gone coming back too.  My heart is filled with others who WON'T come back to post, too...  some of whom will probably never realize it.  I know I have been compared to a school-marm, or a mom, or whatever... but that to me is a compliment.  I love you all so much, I want the best for you.  I am only sorry I won't be able to hear how you all are doing.  I just want you to know, though, you will never be alone.  If you need me, ANYONE reading this - call on me. 

My heart is full, as are my eyes right now... and this is borrowed internet.  I can't stay for the night.  I love you all.... goodnight, and see you soon.

Shey

Just a quick note to say goodbye to all my Ojar friends.  I look forward to keeping in touch with many of you "offline".

As some may know, I'm half of an ojar couple.  We are doing very well..  married in June and ....
expecting a mini ojarian in July.  (yes ... that was fast!    )

A giant hug to all of you.  If I've read your posts,  you've left a mark in my heart.  If I've responded, you've moved me and helped me too.

Take care everyone.
and thanks Michael.

with love,
CDN

Thank you all for trying to help me through the ordeal I've been going through. I still don't know how I am going to pull myself together and get over this. But I appreciate everyones help here, sad to see this board go. Bye friends.