Hi Anita,

Smiling again too 🙂 I am marveling at the beauty of human connection and how technology has made it all possible for us to connect even from different parts of the world. It is a beautiful beautiful world when people reach out to each other and every kind act adds to the beauty of this world. I am filled with gratitude for people who put technology to good use (the good people setting up this website) and for kind people (like you) who spend time reaching out to strangers in pain.

Oh gosh! That is such a bummer when the connection causes your post to be lost half the time! Copying before submitting is an absolute must then. Downsides to living on the mountain – maybe one day the imagery of you with fantastic wifi connection would come true too. When technology improves one day!

Hi “Mina”,

Such a pleasant surprise to see you leaving a comment on my own thread! 🙂 Yes, I have been following your daily thread and there were times when I thought of replying to you too. But the conversation between you and Anita felt too intimate for me to intrude. Thanks for dropping by here so I can also say something to you!

I am so so proud of you and how far you have come. I am not sure if you notice your own growth but seeing your first post until now – from not wanting to accept the reality and knowing you are not ready to face the reality.. until today when you feel ready to accept reality and slowly close this chapter. You have a lot of courage inside you and I am amazed that you have such insights!

I also felt the goosebumps when you told Anita your real name and how you are going to step out of the shadow of the name you had when you were with your ex. I was like awww! Way to go!! Cheering you on silently!

And one thing I noticed is “Mina” is a subset of your real name, a smaller part of your real name. And I am so happy for you that you are going to start a new journey – a new journey whereby you are not smaller than who you are meant to be. You no longer have to be the smaller “Mina” who puts others’ needs above her own. I wish you strength in your self-discovery journey and may you discover who you are truly inside and be the person you are meant to be (not the person your parents meant you to be or any other people)!  I hope you will pour all the love back into yourself and I believe you will find it worthwhile 🙂

Thanks for your well wishes too! You are also another kind soul that I got to know through the forum and I am thankful for you too. I learnt alot from your posts and thank you for being so open in your sharing 🙂

Wishing you love and light too!

To both of you:

Thanks for making a difference in the life of this not_so_lost_star! 🙂