Family News
Jun. 11th, 2005 01:39 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jbsegalIt is with deep regret and sadness that we announce that our family will be changing. We are separating at the end of this summer. Ted will be moving to a new home in the Boston area. JB & Kimberly will remain together, living in our current home.
We've shared our lives for 11 years, living together for a decade. We've had many good times together, but people, who are always changing and growing, sometimes grow apart instead of together. We still love and care for each other very much. Although this change is hard and scary, we are still a family and we intend to remain as such, deeply important to one another, very close and invested in each other's lives throughout the coming years.
This is, however, an incredibly painful and difficult time for us. No one other than the three of us can truly know what this family means to us, why we chose to create and sustain it. The reasons for this change are deeply private. While we acknowledge that people may have their own take on this news and their own interpretations of why this is happening, speculation, rumors and taking sides will only serve to hurt us and make the situation more difficult. While we may not feel ready or able to talk about this with others for some time, we would prefer than any questions be brought directly to us.
We are thankful that our friends have always offered support for our unique family and we hope that will continue to be true.
With deep sadness and hope for the future,
JB & Kimberly & Ted
(Note: Baitcon is still on.)
We've shared our lives for 11 years, living together for a decade. We've had many good times together, but people, who are always changing and growing, sometimes grow apart instead of together. We still love and care for each other very much. Although this change is hard and scary, we are still a family and we intend to remain as such, deeply important to one another, very close and invested in each other's lives throughout the coming years.
This is, however, an incredibly painful and difficult time for us. No one other than the three of us can truly know what this family means to us, why we chose to create and sustain it. The reasons for this change are deeply private. While we acknowledge that people may have their own take on this news and their own interpretations of why this is happening, speculation, rumors and taking sides will only serve to hurt us and make the situation more difficult. While we may not feel ready or able to talk about this with others for some time, we would prefer than any questions be brought directly to us.
We are thankful that our friends have always offered support for our unique family and we hope that will continue to be true.
With deep sadness and hope for the future,
JB & Kimberly & Ted
(Note: Baitcon is still on.)
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Date: 2005-06-10 10:52 pm (UTC)take care of yourself..
be well.
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Date: 2005-06-10 10:53 pm (UTC)CU
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Date: 2005-06-10 10:57 pm (UTC)Thanks for letting us know about this life decision, and also letting us know that Baitcon will be happening. I hope to see you all there. *more hugs*
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Date: 2005-06-11 01:56 pm (UTC)Baitcon question
Date: 2005-06-10 11:42 pm (UTC)Re: Baitcon question
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Date: 2005-06-11 01:52 am (UTC)Condolences and best of luck, again to you all.
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Date: 2005-06-11 05:31 am (UTC)*salute*
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Date: 2005-06-11 06:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-11 12:10 pm (UTC)non-bio families are important. i'm still trying to build mine, and i'm learning that lesson over and over.
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Date: 2005-06-11 05:41 am (UTC)Somehow, I suspect I understand very well just how difficult this is for you to go through. :l
My support and best wishes to you all now and in the future.
Lee
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Date: 2005-06-11 05:47 am (UTC)Being out of the loop for years I have no idea what, why, or how. But to be honest I've found that in breakups none of that really matters. The only thing that does matter is that people are saddened, things have changed, and endings are hard for everyone involved.
To each of you: Do take care, old friend. Call or write me if you need to.
CZ
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Date: 2005-06-11 06:33 am (UTC)Sometimes it can be useful to talk to someone who is far removed from a situation, because it's less emotionally charged. So if it would be useful to you to talk to a friend who thinks that you're a great person, but who has never even met either Kimberly or Ted, I'm happy to offer a sympathetic ear.
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Date: 2005-06-11 06:45 am (UTC)You have -- and Kimberly and Ted have -- as always, my love and respect.
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Date: 2005-06-11 07:07 am (UTC)*hugs*
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Date: 2005-06-11 01:21 pm (UTC)i really miss you
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Date: 2005-06-11 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-06-11 07:45 am (UTC)Please feel free to lean on your friends. You have been a pillar in our community, often times coming in the middle of the night to support others. I think it is time for us, as your community, to help you any way we can.
To JB,
I am deeply sorry that life changes have been so unkind to you. I admire your grace for how you wrote the above. I pray you continue to have grace to face the difficult times ahead. [Then again you are the most graceful man I have met in years. (visions of you & K dancing)]
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Date: 2005-06-11 08:22 am (UTC)Changes and separations are always difficult. I'm impressed that all of you have the strength to allow your family to adjust in response to change - it would be so much easier to hang on to things as they are until someone breaks. I have faith that your family will remain strong and hope that you will have as much love and joy in the new arrangement as you had in the old.
*hugs*
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Date: 2005-06-11 08:33 am (UTC)I'm sorry things didn't work out the way you hoped and dreamed.
I love you all, and will be thinking of you.
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Date: 2005-06-11 04:17 pm (UTC)What I said to K goes for you as well.
*hugs*
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Date: 2005-06-11 07:03 pm (UTC)*hug*
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Date: 2005-06-11 07:18 pm (UTC)*hugs*
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