This topic has has really blossomed since I first posted here. I've made many new friends since then. And I've had a chance to reflect on what really drives me to log in every day.
In 2008, I separated from my then husband of 18 1/2 years. I was on the streets and went to live with friends for a while, and when that didn't work out, it was a member of my Fallen Sword family that invited me to leave Dallas and come to Chicago and stay with her. She is no longer here, but I will remember her caring and hospitality till my dying day. If it wasn't so cold in Chicago, that may have worked out, but I was freezing to death, and after a few months I returned to Dallas to a homeless shelter. I walked the 16 blocks to the Dallas Public Library every day, just to play Fallen Sword. The community was my rock, and I don't think I would have survived that time with my sanity intact were it not for my friends from Erildath.
When I got my new apartment and things began looking up for me, my FS family rejoiced with me. In that time, I was unable to log in for an extended period of time... I have no way of really knowing if I was missed, but I have been told that I was. That I was even remembered made me feel special indeed.
Then I come back to FS and we have a new thing called Global Chat. Oh, man, how I love Global Chat. Now I can chat with my friends in real time, without having to have Skype or MSN or Yahoo! Isn't that wonderful?
In September, I celebrated my birthday... It was fantastic! The FS community shared it with me, and I felt so very loved and blessed. A girl couldn't ask for anything more.
Week end before last, my sister-in-law was diagnosed with brain cancer, and my husband with small cell cancer. I was able to feel comfortable talking to my friends about this, and the moral support I have gotten is phenomenal...
Yes, people, I love Erildath and each and every citizen, both new and veteran. This community is an important part of my life. That's what keeps me coming back to FS day after day, year after year.
Edited by BadPenny, 14 October 2014 - 14:27.