Thanksgiving at DebtCC

Hi everyone!

It's finally the holidays, and we all have so much to be thankful for. I can only speak for myself, but my life is so hectic! Between being a wife and working full time and running my little boy to one sport or another and CCD, time goes really fast. Sometimes I take things for granted. This site is one of them.

It's been almost 2 years since I came here, I think I am the most "tenured" active member around here. I have seen people come and go, and I've made some friends that I plan to have for my entire life. When I came here my Dad had just died, I had six payday loans, and I had no idea what I was going to do. Immediately after making my first post, I knew I was going to be ok. In a matter of 3 months I was out of PDL trouble and things were great again.

This site has made me laugh during some of the darkest times of my life. I've also learned tremendous amounts of stuff, and I've been able to save a few people myself. Mike and I were talking last week about how incredible the people on this site are. There are almost 100,000 people here, making this the biggest site of its kind. No one can stop us here, no matter what they try and do. We are all so different, but we're all united, since we've all suffered some sort of debt issues. Mike and I were saying that it would be so wonderful if we could all be together at once. Since it's impossible to get all of us into chat at once, we thought a special holiday thread would be the answer. We have spent the last week reminding people, and Mike has emailed everyone registered with the site who has more than 20 posts. We want to be able to pull this up 2 years from now and see all of us together in our great big virtual world.

So this is what I ask of you guys..I want you all to think about when you joined this site..whether it was last week or last year. Think of where you were, and what your state of mind was when you made your first post. Then fast forward to tonight, and think about how far you have come. I bet you will all be surprised at how far it is! When you post in this thread, tell us all a little bit about how far you've come..Tell us what or who makes you thankful here at this site, and what you've learned. We all have so much to be hopeful for, and so many blessings. No matter what we are up against, we have each other here, and that's a blessing in itself.

So I will go first...I hope this long post didn't deter anyone, but I had a lot to say. Remember always that we are all in this together. Happy Thanksgiving everyone..I love you all!