> Some of you may have noticed my absence from RinkWorks, and I decided to post this message so that people wouldn't forever be wondering if and why I left. I didn't know how long I'd be gone, but I now believe that I will not be back. Please don't blame anyone; I have nothing against any of you, and I have found some of the most honest, real people here in the past three years.
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> To those who were here before I came along, thank you for welcoming a stranger and accepting me. To everyone, thank you for your friendship and support. Thank you for helping create a place I truly saw as a refuge -- a place where I could nearly always find a friend. Such things don't happen very often, and my only request is that you offer the same friendship to newcomers that I was offered.
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> Thank you for showing support when I struggled through a number of trying times, for forgiving me when I messed up, for overlooking my faults, and for allowing me into your lives.
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> So long, and if you see my byline on national articles one day and remember me, know that I also remember you.
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> -Layla "Ellmyruh" Bohm

You'll be missed. So why *are* you going? Not enough time? Just lost interest? I'm curious. I hope you intend to keep in touch with some of your closer friends here, whether online or in some other way.