Wow. I've been here for 7 years. I just ran across a 'Happy Birthday' email from July in a sorted folder (my mail sorts itself, I don't check all of the folders that often). Thank you, Mol. Thank you, GEBS (I remember your original profile, too!) This wasn't my first screen name, but someone messaged an Admin at the time, asking why she couldn't register under 'x' screen name. She said it was taken. But I gave it up for the other girl, and it seems from her profile she was a very loved member. I'm glad for her, and sad she hasn't been around since 2010. There was another screen name in between that one and this one, but I had forgotten it and created a new one. This equates to a very long time on Mystic Wicks!
I am not sure where all of the bad-stuff for Mol was taking place, but I'm pretty sure it was right before I left for the longest period. (I remember the Tiger's Eye thread too, it was right when I was active! All of the threads I had posted in are gone now.) Life got in the way.I remember GEBS, too, who frowned at me a bit.
That's okay, I was a young girl, and I was silly and immature, I tried to strut my stuff like a peacock to fit in. But this place allowed me to explore my spirituality, unhindered, and unhinged. Without judgment. With compassion. I am now a married woman, with kids, and secure in my spirituality. When I saw that email everything came back, it was a trip. I am sad to see how things have changed. The forum has ebbed, I do not see any other familiar faces. I see many banned faces that seem to raise some flags, but nothing definitive. It is a loss for me, in a weird way, not to see the same old avatars pushing each other around and laughing it up. I'm sad to see how the boards have changed, how dead it is.
But thank you, because I'd be even more sad not to have the opportunity to visit the past, relive it...even for a moment, and strive to try and make this place as good as it was then.
THANK YOU!
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