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For Cali, bravenak~
For CaliDemocrat
We'll be here when you are ready to come back. 
this happened.. whatever it is. 
Take care of yourself.. sending healing thoughts to you.
you too.
Please be well. There are a lot of crazies these days out for all sorts of ugliness.
Please come back when it's time and continue to do what you do. You make DU an excellent place.
I hope you will find peace. We will be here if you need us.
",,We will be here if you need us."
Best wishes for an easing of the trauma in due time.
I'm so sorry for whatever it was that hurt you.
work themselves out and you will be back sooner than you anticipated. Good vibes, prayers and best wishes be sent your way.
I'm so sorry to hear you're so troubled, Cali_Democrat. Whatever it was that happened, I hope you get through it smoothly and successfully. Perhaps you'll drop back by, however briefly, to let us know how you're doing? Worried about you! Many of us care about you and want you back as soon as you feel up to it.
Just remember how many pairs of good strong sturdy shoulders there are around here, that you can lean on. Many pairs of ears and eyes to hear you out and look out for you and see you through it. The many folks here sitting vigil with you and otherwise keeping you company during a tough time.
The moral support I've received here during personal crises has meant the world to me. People here are basically wonderful and kind and compassionate - even those who might disagree with you on something. And I also like to throw in that comment Skittles made once, which has sure meant a lot to me in difficult moments: "someone's always here." The light's always on. There's always something warm and creamy and sweet in the kitchen, to drink, figuratively speaking. My kids used to talk about remedies and consolations and things "feeling you better." This or that will "feel you better." Like the tangy lemony hot tea or creamy hot cocoa or fragrant pungent coffee with all the fixings in it, or that meal that your mom always fixed the way you like it. One of the earliest things I remember that Hillary Clinton was criticized for, when she first got to the White House as First Lady - was when then-young Chelsea was under the weather and wanted some comfort food - I forget if it was oatmeal or soft boiled eggs or something - but the White House kitchen staff was going to fix it for her and her mom said no. SHE intended to fix it for her daughter, herself - telling the staff it was because "she likes it the way I make it." Well, that kinda sums up DU for me in times like this. Emotionally speaking, that is.
We'll be here with your figurative soft-boiled eggs and/or nice warm oatmeal "to feel you better" - whenever you feel like you need it, Cali_Democrat. Hope you come back to us soon.
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I can relate about life getting bad and knocking you on your ass.
Sometimes you just need to step back and regroup.
Take care of yourself.
you're going through!
I will miss your insight. Please take care to do what you need for yourself.
Please take care and hopefully you'll come back soon.
May time heal whatever ails you.
forward to your return...
Come back soon. We'll welcome you back with lots of love!
you recover quickly. really like reading your posts.
Sid
May you find whatever healing, help and/or support you require in your time of need!
Will be looking forward to your return.
If there's anything we can do, Please let us know
Sending good thoughts to you
Hope things get better for you.
May things get better for you, and soon!
I wish you love, peace, and healing during these difficult times.
I hope you find some inner peace. I am sending healing vibes to you.
peace & good thoughts
in a good way, hopemountain
I hope things get resolved for you, Cali.
You will be missed. Come back when you can. You are a voice of reason here.
for quite some time myself. It just got to be too much for me, really brought me down and kept me depressed! I'm sure I won't be here on a regular basis after the mid-terms, especially if the Senate is lost.
As a long time activist, I don't know if I can find enough words to describe how I feel about what's happened to this country. I don't have much fight left in me, been at this for so long and it just doesn't seem like the ones who are coming after me really care. I'm amazed by how little people pay attention and how little they know about history or care about real facts.
This country WILL PAY a huge price if citizens don't wake up to reality. Problem is, we will have to pay the price too which makes it that much more difficult to take. So many of us have seen so much and tried to make a change... I think we're on the losing side of the battle.
Take care, you've been a trooper in the trenches for so long. I've been here since 2004, not always posting but always watching. I wish you all the best, but many of us may very well follow. I know how I FEEL! Breaks your heart and soul!
I've always liked your posts.
We'll save your spot.
allow you to consider coming back to DU, if only to check in.
Hate to see you step out, even for a little while, but life and death can't be ignored and if there's something you need to do you have our full support. Come back whenever you're ready because you're one of the people who make DU DU!
If you ever need a shoulder....
You guys are like family to me.
A loved one died in my arms the other night.
It was just so unexpected and awful. Nothing can prepare you for it.
Much love to all of you!
Life really sucks sometimes.
I went through that 5 years ago and I know how you feel.
Take care of yourself.