tucker wrote: >Sandy Olson wrote: > > > >>... Now, does anyone at all know what happened to Green? Doug and I were >>'talking' about that a few days ago and that she was disgruntled when she >>left the list. So I know we probably won't hear from her in this reunion >>but I've sometimes wondered what happened to her. I saw her last about four >>years ago at the Midwest Hotluck and she was living in MN somewhere... >> >> > > With all this recent C-H reminiscing, I was wondering about her myself... > > I also seem to recall that she was less than happy right before she left us. I think we >wrote a bit just as, or after she disappeared from the list, but I can't remember exactly >what the deal was. It may very well have been during a flurry anti-cat postings, as I seem >to recall she was a cat lover, and I think also a breeder / shower... the exact breed is >poised on the tip of my brain, but it's eluding my consciousness at the moment. > >-- >Erich >C-H # 2099 & First Lieutenant of the Moderate Corps > > > Well, I do recall that she had some very big personal problems, one of which was job and money, prior to her leaving. She had been forced to move into different housing, because of financial problems. Lots of folks run into difficulties in this life at various times. There are several ways to overcome them, if one is knocked down either get up and fight again, or lie there and let the world run over you. The choice is the individuals. Life, as the old saying goes, is NOT always a bowl of cherries, sometimes it can be just the pits, and in Green's case, her life had not been an easy one. She hated her father, for whatever reason, and when he died, and she was the next of kin, she was obligated to bury him. Which she could not afford. She became very depressed, and because I have broad shoulders, she felt that she could unload her frustrations on me. Which she did, and I commiserated with her as best I could. She and I had some great on line conversations about grits, which I happen to love, even though we cannot get grits in Canada, and I stock up every time we visit Washington State. She was always going to send me some REAL grits. Never happened, and she left the list and either dropped internet, or could not afford access, whatever. Her email addie started to bounce as soon as she dropped out of sight. Perhaps she is no longer with us, seem to recall some health problems other than mental. People do decide to pull the plug on their lives, which we know from sad experience, having had it occur with our eldest son. As well as other friends also. Depression is a very bad, but treatable disease. But the person with it, must want to be helped. Cheers, Doug