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To All CBers That Have Left:
(note: I originally posted this on Vikki's goodbye thread, but I thought it would be fitting for everyone to see it. So please do read it if you have the time. Also, I know that "the Issue" or whatever you want to call it is over, but this is not just about this Issue. It is about the Nostalgia War, and the AE wars, and CBers leaving.)
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Change is as natural as the flow of a river. The river will beat against rock time after time until it crumbles.
But all is not lost: the gravel and sediment is washed along by the river and settled down in a new place, a new formation, and it is built up until it is twice as beautiful as before.
The thing we feel as "change" is that time of turbulence when the sediment is crumbling and then is washed along with the winding river. It's uncomfortable and sometimes sad. Nevertheless, something good and new and beautiful will be created in the end.
We were good and new and beautiful before, but then we grew stale, so the river came to helpfully nourish us. We will be good and new and beautiful again. And when the time comes, we will once again be whisked off into the turbulence of change.
Inevitably, some of the sediment will get lost along the way and settle on the bottom of the river. That's you, Vikki. It's also Cho, Daisy, Alexandra, and all the other people who have left, ever, or are still in the process of leaving. Just remember that you always have the potential to jump back into the river and travel along until you find our new formation.
2/14/2019 :)
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Lastly, I would like to add three simple words: Chirp chirp cricket.
submitted by Over the Rainbow
(December 29, 2016 - 1:41 am)
(December 29, 2016 - 1:41 am)
We will continue to change, it's true, but we'll never erase our past or forget you. Memories and friends are what we are built upon, like the sediment OtR just described. You are and will continue to be part of that.
Chirp chirp cricket. :)
-Owlgirl
P.S. Nice metaphors, OtR ;)
(December 29, 2016 - 2:22 pm)
(December 29, 2016 - 4:53 pm)
Tip-top!
(December 30, 2016 - 9:00 am)
Top!
(December 31, 2016 - 1:33 am)
Why has nobody commented? Please, hear what I have to say.
(January 1, 2017 - 7:35 am)
(January 1, 2017 - 5:09 pm)
Ahhhh OtR, I've tried commenting and it won't show up! Hopefully this one does. What I've been trying to comment the past few days is this: I completely agree with what you are saying, it's wonderfully stated. I love how you created a metaphor with the river, it describes it all perfectly. And Chirp chirp cricket... chirp chirp :D
(January 1, 2017 - 5:17 pm)
Top please, thank you!
(January 2, 2017 - 1:01 pm)
Heyo! Y'all probably don't even know who I am, but I was an CBer way back when, maybe 2012 or 2013? I came back just to see how this place is doing. I'll admit, I only recognize maybe one or two of your names. But it's incredible to see how this place is still alive. The chatterbox was a great place for me. It helped shape who I am today, even if I didn't realize it then. Comparing this forum to a river is a great metaphor. It's moving, changing, cutting the landscape around it and shaping people's lives. I'm happy to see such a strong community still here. I don't think I'll be jumping back in the river again. But I'd just like to say a little word of thanks.
(Oh gosh and I just scrolled down and you have a place to upload art now? That's incredible ah!)
Anyways, keep it up, Chatterbox. Don't let the river stop flowing. :)
(January 2, 2017 - 1:58 pm)
Hey Theo, long time no see! I remember you back then, but it's been a while. It's actually kind of a return for me, I was gone for a few years off and on. And even if you don't stick around, I'm glad to see you come and visit. The CB has a long path ahead of it, I don't think that river will be hitting a dead end anytime soon.
(January 2, 2017 - 6:37 pm)