Anastasia

[truefiction1]

I find it quite odd that our beloved sister Anastasia, who always seemed to be regularly active in posting and replying in the forums, has not been seen here since the end of April. She doesn't seem to have been active on Facebook since about that time either. I'm praying that she's okay, wherever she may be. I've sent her PM's but no reply yet. Lord have mercy.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Lord have mercy! hope she's okay!

 

[All4Christ]

@~Anastasia~ We miss you!!

 

[buzuxi02]

I find it quite odd that our beloved sister Anastasia, who always seemed to be regularly active in posting and replying in the forums, has not been seen here since the end of April. She doesn't seem to have been active on Facebook since about that time either. I'm praying that she's okay, wherever she may be. I've sent her PM's but no reply yet. Lord have mercy.

She has not been active anywhere??? I hope and pray all is well with her.

 

[rusmeister]

That’s how it is in this new reality, where we can find others like ourselves online. But because we are not geographically close, mostly don’t know the friends and relatives of others, if we (especially older folk with health issues) become incapacitated or flat-out die, our online friends may never find out what became of us.

 

[truefiction1]

I'm going to try to locate her parish priest online and contact him to see what he can tell me.

 

[Dorothea]

I was thinking about her the other day. I hope she's doing all right!

 

[truefiction1]

Anastasia has gotten in touch with me and she is doing okay, thank God, just real busy with many things.

 

[ArmyMatt]

thank God!

 

[Phronema]

I saw @~Anastasia~ post in another thread, and wanted to say welcome back.

 

[~Anastasia~]

I am sorry everyone - I wasn’t even aware of this thread. Thank you for your prayers and thinking of me!!!

I’ve missed you all - along with so much else - for so long. Covid was bad for so many reasons. It kept us out of Church, separated so many of us. Our parish has been through 4 priests in the past year and a half, and we’ve lost so many of our parish from some reposing, some no longer healthy enough to attend, some moved away, and probably not keeping a regular priest plus all the closing and restrictions from covid didn’t help.

I’ve honestly thrown myself into a new career. When the schools closed I was out of work. I collected the unemployment for a few months, but wasn’t looking forward to where schools were headed. I took a new job as a therapist for autistic kids, and have been working to increase my certification levels there by going back for more specialized schooling and working a practicum (which sometimes feels like it’s killing me with all the crazy hours required for that PLUS school and job!).

I think I’ve been grieving losing my Church community - or rather avoiding grieving - by just immersing myself in all that.

It’s not so good for one spiritually though. Especially since my SF has had multiple health scares, and works to run a full-time Orthodox retreat center though he’s approaching 90.

I haven’t been much on FB at all, and not here. I’m truly sorry and I’ve really missed you all. I keep thinking I’ll catch up.

And I should complete my practicum hours in another month or so, as well as school, and can sit my next board certification exams after that. (Hopefully I will find time to start studying soon!)

I hope I can be around more. You all were the open door to the Orthodox Church for me and have been so much help and encouragement to me over quite a few years. I’ve missed you all!

I hope I can get back. And yes, I almost certainly had Covid (though I couldn’t get tested) but came through it ok. I have had some health challenges but nothing serious.

Thank you all for prayers and thinking of me. God be with you all.

 

[ArmyMatt]

welcome back!

 

[~Anastasia~]

welcome back!

Thank you! Very glad to see you here, fighting the good fight I presume.

 

[ArmyMatt]

Thank you! Very glad to see you here, fighting the good fight I presume.

trying to

 

[truefiction1]

I am sorry everyone - I wasn’t even aware of this thread. Thank you for your prayers and thinking of me!!!

I’ve missed you all - along with so much else - for so long. Covid was bad for so many reasons. It kept us out of Church, separated so many of us. Our parish has been through 4 priests in the past year and a half, and we’ve lost so many of our parish from some reposing, some no longer healthy enough to attend, some moved away, and probably not keeping a regular priest plus all the closing and restrictions from covid didn’t help.

I’ve honestly thrown myself into a new career. When the schools closed I was out of work. I collected the unemployment for a few months, but wasn’t looking forward to where schools were headed. I took a new job as a therapist for autistic kids, and have been working to increase my certification levels there by going back for more specialized schooling and working a practicum (which sometimes feels like it’s killing me with all the crazy hours required for that PLUS school and job!).

I think I’ve been grieving losing my Church community - or rather avoiding grieving - by just immersing myself in all that.

It’s not so good for one spiritually though. Especially since my SF has had multiple health scares, and works to run a full-time Orthodox retreat center though he’s approaching 90.

I haven’t been much on FB at all, and not here. I’m truly sorry and I’ve really missed you all. I keep thinking I’ll catch up.

And I should complete my practicum hours in another month or so, as well as school, and can sit my next board certification exams after that. (Hopefully I will find time to start studying soon!)

I hope I can be around more. You all were the open door to the Orthodox Church for me and have been so much help and encouragement to me over quite a few years. I’ve missed you all!

I hope I can get back. And yes, I almost certainly had Covid (though I couldn’t get tested) but came through it ok. I have had some health challenges but nothing serious.

Thank you all for prayers and thinking of me. God be with you all.

I like your choice for a new career. My son is on the spectrum. I hope it all goes well.

 

[~Anastasia~]

I like your choice for a new career. My son is on the spectrum. I hope it all goes well.

Thank you.

I love, love, love my job!

Though I don’t necessarily love how everyone out there does it.

My special interest right now is social skills training which comes along later for most of them.

But I do have one little guy who is just learning to respond to people at all. And seeing how they begin to come out and learn to communicate with others and interact is SO rewarding.

My other clients all fall in between and have all sorts of skills and abilities as well as different things to learn.

I just really really love my job.

And I hope things are going well for your son.

 

[truefiction1]

Thank you.

I love, love, love my job!

Though I don’t necessarily love how everyone out there does it.

My special interest right now is social skills training which comes along later for most of them.

But I do have one little guy who is just learning to respond to people at all. And seeing how they begin to come out and learn to communicate with others and interact is SO rewarding.

My other clients all fall in between and have all sorts of skills and abilities as well as different things to learn.

I just really really love my job.

And I hope things are going well for your son.

Thank you.

 

[~Anastasia~]

Thank you.

You’re very welcome.

 

[gurneyhalleck1]

I have been gone meeself, so I only recently noticed

 

[~Anastasia~]

I have been gone meeself, so I only recently noticed

Hope things are well with you and your family!