I feel like we should be paying you something, Joan. Just small contributions like Barack Obama. Any way to arrange that? It is, after all, a BIG JOB. I know you started this to help yourself, but the management of the site is very time consuming. Just a thought.
What you have done here is unmeasurable. In the wee hours of the morning when I sigh on to read this board it helps me know that I'm not going through this journey alone.
God Bless you for all your hard work and may God continue to give each of us the strength to endure.
Joan, Congratulations to you for a site that has helped people over and over again. This is a site that will have helped many people with things that will continue to help them for the rest of their lives.
Joan, Thank you for this amazing website. It has been a great source of comfort to me. I'm so glad I found you,the people in my daily life just do not understand.............................. but you and the others here do.
ditto Joan, to all the above. I found your website late in my journey with DH but feel i have new found cyber friends that know how hard our daily struggles really are-thank you always, divvi
Joan I also didn't find you in time to help me with my DH, but you have helped so much (after the fact) to get through the guilt, the questions of "WHY" did I do what I did, or "WHY" did he do what he did during our journey with DH. I truly think my emotions would have taken me on a terrible path if I hadn't found this site where so many questions have been answered, and I have learned so much about AZ which I wish I had known and understood when my DH was with me. Thank you so much. Joyce
Although I am fairly new and I am just starting my journey, reading this board has helped me byond what words could ever tell. So much information which you cannot get from other agencies, organizations etc. Thank you, so very much.
Thank you for a wonderful year. You were the only one - and these boards - that didn't think "I" was crazy and understood what I was going through. I don't think I could have made it without all of the concern and validation I received here. You have created a special place for our special situations. Congratulations.
I have to echo the preceding sentiments. I check on this website frequently during the day. There is always someone who is going through what I'm living with or who has discovered a good resource. No where else is there such a wonderful group to support what is a very unique aspect of AD. Thank you, Joan.
Dear Joan, Thank you so much for this website! I check in first thing in the morning and several times during the day. I don't know how you do all this and also manage at home. Please don't ever stop!
I reiterate everything that has been said before. I feel like we have all "come out of the closet". This is the only place where we can openly discuss our deepest fears and concerns and everyone understands!!! What a wonderful experience. Never do we feel chastised for feeling one way or another and doesn't it feel good to be completly honest? This site is addictive, if I don't have time to check it when I get home from work I can't think of anything else until I can check in! Congratulations! Joan, thank you for your insight and your determination to move forward with this site. You are a Godsend!
I thank you with all the rest. No matter what, someone always has an answer for us. This is the best place I've found. I'm here several times a day. You have really put a lot of time and effort into this website.
We are forever in your debt, Joan. You've brought us comfort, solutions, and friends that we have more in common with than anyone else we've ever known. Brava!
I will add my thanks to you, Joan, for this great thing you have done for all of us. I know I have changed my attitude toward my DH since joining this forum...my good friends probably appreciate it too as I don't bend their ears as I'm afraid I used to do. Unbelievable how something like this can help the pain.
Joan: You deserve the biggest gold star that ever existed. As you know, my DH left me years ago but I stay in the AD community writing my AD column, etc. I did not have this precious resource when I was living w/DH & AD, might have saved me tons of anguish, but it's here for others and can still give me clarity on the woulda, coulda, shoulda stuff, we have all been truly blessed by you. My heartfelt hugs & kisses to your precious Sid. I know it's hard--boy, do I--but you are doing great. With much appreciation, Betty Weiss
Joan, Wow! A year already. We are all so glad you got the nudge to start this site. I've seen a lot of new names just in the last week. Not sure if they've been here a while and we ready to post or just found this wonderful place.
It's obvious your background has been so useful in putting the frustrations of this horrible fight into small steps, simple words, and easy to understand feelings.
It's so helpful to have some many others who understand, who can help explain, who have "been there", and to provide the support we so desperately need through this battle. It makes it easier in a way. No so strange and unpredictable.
Some day, perhaps in the lifetimes of our great-grandchildren, this will be just a social site, where are great-grandchildren will talk about us and our trials and tribulations, back in the "old days", when there was no cure. Just survival and sharing that path that none of us chose, and was lighted a little by the caring of our friends.
I hope you have all read today's (7/14/08) Anniversary Blog, as it goes into much more depth than I am writing here. But I want to thank every single one of you for all of your support and appreciation. It means the world to me. I will continue to keep this site going as long as I am able. It is my salvation as well as yours.