My sig line: I'm one of those lucky homos in a bi-national relationship - at the age of 49, all I had to do was give up my career, leave behind my dying father, my aging, diabetic mother, my family & friends and move to the Netherlands. Easy peasey!
That's what this diary is about.
Last Thursday, when Kos posted his "post" about Clarknt67, updates and future nagging, I immediately decided that it was past time for me to subscribe to Daily Kos.
I made that decision because, for the last year - a remarkably difficult (for me) year - Daily Kos has been my lifeline. But, I didn't plan to diary about it, because, well, I'm mostly a "background" person.
A couple of days later, Onomastic wrote her diary, which included this comment by Richard Cranium:
There are many who are too embarrassed... (16+ / 0-)
...to stand up and raise their hand. Very few people have the courage to ask for help when they need it.
Anyone who would rather not raise their hand could recommend this comment, perhaps?
to which I replied
I'll add my verbal rec, especially for this: (8+ / 0-)
Very few people have the courage to ask for help when they need it.
I bought myself a lifetime, just hours before this diary was posted, because, although I am a pretty low-level participant here, DK has been my lifeline for the last year.
I'm one of those lucky homos in a bi-national relationship - at the age of 49, all I had to do was give up my career, leave behind my dying father, my aging, diabetic mother, my family & friends and move to the Netherlands. Easy peasey!
by aggieric on Sun Dec 11, 2011 at 08:29:32 AM CET
And that's when I decided to write a diary testimonial (given my evangelical upbringing, I really should be using the term "witness") about why Daily Kos has been so important to me during the last year. Why it has been my "lifeline."
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