Alright well I have an update from Alixz having been in touch with her recently. She send her regards to all. She wrote this and asked me to post it for her...
Dear Forum Members & Friends,
I didn't leave the APF because my feelings were hurt. As FA knows, I have been thinking of leaving for a while and this past week seemed to be as good a time as any. I am very busy with my 90 year old Mother who had surgery for a broken hip just after having prior surgery for a compression fracture of her spine. My son is in the process of moving out as he finds a job that can support him. I don't usually talk about personal matters but I, myself has been ill for a long time now and I think I need to put my priorities in order. My husband and I are planning several trips this year. We will be married 30 years in November and along with shorter trips, we hope to go back to Bermuda where we celebrated our Honeymoon.
Robert Hall's death has hit me very hard. We were "of an age" and had much in common besides the forum and spent a lot of time talking outside the forum. Robert would often send me books as gifts when he came across one he thought I would enjoy or when he bought one that he found he had no interest in. The last book he sent was "Matilda The Wife of William the Conqueror". I had hoped to finally meet Robert this year, but it wasn't meant to be.
After being a member of the forum for almost 9 years, I will miss those friends that I have made and those with whom I communicate outside of the forum already know how much I appreciate them and the times we have spent talking and emailing.
My leaving might have seemed precipitous, but it was the Discussion Forum thread on the Newtown Shooting that gave me the final "push" to make up my mind and make a choice. We have all heard how our lives are like a train in motion with many stops along the way as it is a local and not an express. At each stop, someone may get on but someone else may get off. Very few stay for the whole ride to the terminus. I chose to get off the APF train at the last stop. I had ridden long enough and it was time to go.
