ReturnHey everyone. I've returned, at least for the time being. I don't know if any of my friends are still active, but I'd like to reiterate how much I appreciate your comments and encouragement over the years. My journals here were often a means for me to vent my feelings and frustrations, how ever immature they may have been at times. You responded faithfully to every one of them and made me feel understood. That's a special thing to have, and you are special people. That being said, I considered deleting all my posts and starting over. I look back at my past with some degree of embarrassment and shame, as I suppose many people do. I also have some misgivings about my person...

ReturnHey everyone. I've returned, at least for the time being. I don't know if any of my friends are still active, but I'd like to reiterate how much I appreciate your comments and encouragement over the years. My journals here were often a means for me to vent my feelings and frustrations, how ever immature they may have been at times. You responded faithfully to every one of them and made me feel understood. That's a special thing to have, and you are special people. That being said, I considered deleting all my posts and starting over. I look back at my past with some degree of embarrassment and shame, as I suppose many people do. I also have some misgivings about my personal thoughts remaining exposed for all of the internet to see. But after reading a few of them I realized, this was my life that I wrote about. The journals may not be important to anyone, and none of my words are necessarily profound... but that exposure and openness is what allowed us to be friends and to have a real connection beyond just sharing interests. Considering the value I've placed on that, I'm not quite prepared to give them up.

I hope this will stick and that I can get reacquainted with some of you, as well as meet some new folks. Here goes.