I choose to say goodbye to you all with this beautiful painting by "SanguisGelidus" (see link) on DeviantART, uploaded with his permission.
I choose this because it is a great symbol of both an ending, and a new beginning .
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MY DEAR LOVELY DN-FRIENDS

I AM LEAVING DN.
I AM SORRY, BUT THERE IS SO MUCH GOING ON IN MY LIFE,
I NEED TO PRIORITIZE DIFFERENT.
I WANT EACH ONE OF YOU TO KNOW YOU WILL BE MISSED. I WILL ALWAYS CARRY YOU, AND THIS
SITE, IN MY HEART AND PRAYERS. YOU HAVE EACH GIVEN ME SO MANY REASONS TO SMILE AND LAUGH,
ALWAYS BRIGHTENED MY DAYS WITH YOUR KIND BLESSINGS !
I ALSO WANT TO THANK THE MANAGEMENT FOR MAKING DN SO SPECIAL.
WHAT A FABULOUS JOB YOU DO ! I LOVE THE CONCEPT OF A FAMILY-SITE,
AND I KNOW IT IS NOT EASY! THANK YOU ALSO FOR ALWAYS GIVING ME
A HELPING HAND WHENEVER I NEEDED IT !

ONE OF MY DEAREST MEMORIES FROM DN
WILL BE THAT I MET LOVELY PEOPLE FROM ALL AGES, RACES, RELIGIONS, SIZES AND
SHAPES - YOU NAME IT

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AND MUTUAL RESPECT AND KINDNESS ARE WHAT MADE US CONNECT .
IT IS NOT THAT DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME THESE WALLS WE BUILD AGAINST
EACH OTHERS !
(THE STRANGEST THING IS, THAT MOST RELIGIONS ESSENCE IS TO
WORK TO BIND PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO SPREAD LOVE, - AND SO MANY PEOPLE USE
THEIR FAITH IN THE OPPOSITE WAY; MAINLY TO EXCLUDE !)
ON DN I EXPERIENCED RESPECT AND KINDNESS FROM ALL KINDS OF PEOPLE;
A VERY SPECIAL THANK YOU !!!!
AND LASTLY, a PRAYER I LOVE , Join in if you like it too :
Dear Lord,
Give me a few friends
who will love me for what I am,
and keep ever burning
before my vagrant steps
the kindly light of hope...
And though I come not within sight
of the castle of my dreams,
teach me to be thankful for life,
and for time's olden memories
that are good and sweet.
And may the evening's twilight
find me gentle still.
Smiles from Talana