Small Break
January 2, 2010 by Karissa
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So I have had some expected changes happen in my life. I say they are expected, but that they happened when i wasn’t expecting them. So basically I am moving (not sure where) and making some really major life changes.
I need to take a little time off. I am sure some of you may have realized something was going on as I wasn’t posting regularly as of late. I do have some things lined up, so I will get those up as soon as the powers that be allow me enough time and energy to do so.
I am not really sure how long the break will be, but I can assure you that i will be back, refreshed and stronger then full force as soon as possible. (before february i suppose)
Thank you readers for your support and thank you to all of my sponsors and PR guys and Gals for understanding. I will have limited email and internet access for a little bit, so please be patient.
Happy 2010 to you all and may it be your best year yet! Full of health, prosperity and joy!
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I never met you, but I felt a sort of kinship with you. I am so sorry that you hurt so much. So sorry.
Rest well, beautiful girl. I pray that you are safe in your Father’s arms right now and that He is wiping away every tear you cried.
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You have set aside your burdens. Now may you rest in love and in peace.
I have been at a loss for words.
Something I wanted to tell you but never got around to doing. I stumbled on your site several times in the past. I was in awe and aspired to have a blog so full of life.
I’m saddened by the loss for your friends and family. Prayers for peace as your loved ones work through this time of grief over the loss.
I wish I could be a more ellocuent writer, but I’m not. I really pray your soul finds the peace it searched and I pray your family will stay united forever. Your legacy will not be forgotten and we (all your readers) will make sure and keep it alive so that your message for a green world gets heard everywhere.
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace,
Where there is hatred, let me sow love;
where there is injury, pardon;
where there is doubt, faith;
where there is despair, hope;
where there is darkness, light;
where there is sadness, joy;
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console;
to be understood as to understand;
to be loved as to love.
For it is in giving that we receive;
it is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
I hope that we all learn something from you. I promise I will. The lights will guide you home.
We will miss you terribly. God bless your family and I pray they find peace.
Barbara
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I don’t know what to say! Awe struck. If only we had realized…
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This is really long, but it is from my heart.
I didn’t know you personally, but my heart is breaking nonetheless. I am so sorry that you were having such a hard time. I am sorry that you felt this was your only way to make the pain go away. I know what that desolate feeling is like. I have been there. Sometimes when you are in the such a bad place it is impossible to see any way out. You just want the pain to stop. To go away. You don’t want to hurt anymore. You can’t live like this anymore. That is the scariest feeling. Like you are spiraling out of control. You have no control. You just want it to stop. You were in that place and you couldn’t find your way out. I am grateful that I sought help. Cried for help. Begged for help. It wasn’t easy. It was impossibly hard at times. I had to claw my way out of that deep dark hole. Some days I could see the light and other days I felt so lost and alone. I kept fighting. I am still fighting. I want to live for those around me. My family. My friends. But mostly for myself. I wish I could have been close to you. To help you get out of the darkness. To show you there is light. To show you life won’t always be like it is right now. To show you that life is worth living. Every day.
I didn’t even know you, I had a bad feeling about this post when I read it & commented then. I almost feel like I should have done more, but really what could I have done? Like I said, I didn’t even know you. I only frequented your website, never really even chatted with you…
Rest in peace Karissa. You were awesome & I was right: you WILL be missed.
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I really don’t know what to say besides I’m am so saddened by this. Even though I didn’t know Karissa personally, I felt like I could have by reading her posts through her friendly way of writing.
I’ll miss reading your blog and talking to you.
Rest in Peace.
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I am so sorry to hear about this, for you and for your family.
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So very sorry for family and those who knew and loved her. I’m sorry I didn’t know…sorry I wasn’t there for her.
My thoughts and prayers go out to Karissa’s friends and family..I am so sorry for your loss..
Do not stand at my grave and weep.
I am not there; I do not sleep.
I am a thousand winds that blow.
I am the diamond glints on snow.
I am the sunlight on ripened grain.
I am the gentle autumns rain.
When you awaken in the mornings hush
I am the swift uplifting rush
Of quiet birds in circled flight.
I am the soft stars that shine at night.
Do not stand at my grave and cry.
I am not there. I did not die.
I just found out and I am in shock. I’m so sad & I’m praying for Karissa’s family.
So sad!! Who knew this would be your last post.
I’m so, so, sooo sorry this happened to you and I hope your at peace now!!
I had no idea that this post would be your last, that the break would be forever, or that a lolcat could be so totally unfunny.
Sometimes the greatest passion comes from the deepest pain. Your blog inspired, enlightened, and gave joy to many. I’ve been there, both putting myself out to the online world and hiding feelings behind my
which were much darker. Luckily, I did talk to someone when it got so bad I was going to change the thoughts to reality.
Talk to your daughters, your sons, your brothers and sisters, even your mothers and fathers. Tell them you’re there for them, even if they’ve never had a suicidal thought in their life, let them know that if they ever did, for whatever reason, to please talk to you first. You won’t judge them, you won’t even stop them, but at least they’ll be talking and you’ll get to say goodbye. A suicidal person isn’t as likely to come to you if they think you’ll stop what they’re going to do, but if they believe that you won’t and that you just love them so much you need to talk to them, they might come to you.
I may not have known Karissa in “real life”, but from what I knew of her here she was a beautiful person, inside and out, with a loving family. We absolutely cannot blame ourselves for not seeing the signs, because a person in her state will take great measure to hide the signs away. To me, her life seemed so great… but mental illness, depression, never allowed her to see it that way.
There is always tomorrow for those of us who remain here, no matter how painful today is. If you are thinking of ending your life, look at these posts and see how much pain it causes to everyone around you. Remember that things ALWAYS change, and that sooner or later it will get better. Get help, because help is out there for you and you can have a happy, fulfilling life if you seek it. Heck, if you know anyone who’s posted on this thread – CONTACT THEM! All of us would help anyone, no matter how acquainted we are, with anything.
I’ll miss you, Karissa. I don’t even want to hit submit because it means it’s the end.
Wow, I went to high school with Karissa. I just heard about this. How did she pass?
I wish I had commented all the times I read your blog. I wish I had known yoi Karissa. I hope you have the peace you couldnt find here on Earth, your going to be very very missed by many who loved you. I’ve seen sao much love for you today, I am so sorry you couldnt reach out & find what you needed here, you’ll be missed!
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Prayers going up for Karissa’s family and friends. I only knew Karissa through this blog, but I know she’s deeply missed!
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Praying that the Lord will wrap His arms around Karissa’s family and friends and bring them the peace that only He can.
May you rest peacefully and with eternal happiness, sweet girl.
Goodbye sweet lady, you’ll be missed.
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Oh, I wish I knew you when you were here, you are an awesome sounding person, that just felt so lost? alone? you will always have lots of love surrounding you, sometimes it’s just hard to reach out; but the Lord has you in His arms & you have to fear no more….
Rest peacefully, Karissa. I wish your family love, prayers, and comfort at this time.
We can all take something away from this…that she touched so many in many wonderful ways.
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My heart is broken today hearing of your passing. You always made me feel so welcome to your blog and I wish you reached out. The angels are holding you and God has plans for you. He need you more than all of us. Karissa ,you were loved and will be missed.I will miss you.May you be in peace
My condolences to your family and my prayers with all of you
You were one of the first blogs I subscribed to. I’m going to miss your passionate posts and inspiration. I hope you have found peace and my heart goes out to your friends and family.
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May you rest in peace.
Oh Karissa. You were such a beautiful person…inside and out. You had a wicked sense of humor and would defend your friends to the end.
I wish we could have known sooner what you were going through. Maybe if…but it’s too late now.
You were a bright light that was extinguished far too soon. The world just got a little bit darker.
May God give your family strength in this horribly dark time.
You will be missed. My heart will hurt forever for you.
I hope you found the peace you were looking for. Rest with the angels, sweet soul.
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Hope your are finding peace in the arms of an angel
You will be truly missed God Bless!
My heart and prayers go out to the family. I didn’t know Karissa personally but only through her blog which I enjoyed. You will be missed.
You are truly an angel Karissa. May you rest in peace.
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The good ones seem to never be here long enough. We missed seeing you over Christmas …. thought we would see you next week.
miss you ….
I wish you were still here
Karissa, you will be dearly missed. The brightness of your smile, the wonder in your eyes and the warmth of your heart will all be so dearly missed. Rest in peace my dear.
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Karissa Dawn,
My heart is breaking for your family right now. I have been a lifelong friend of your aunt(Carla). I know their pain all too well as I also lost my beautiful daughter. I know that her pain and suffering stopped the moment she decided to leave this world, as did yours. Most people will never understand why nor will they understand the pain. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of Jenny and how much I miss her smile. Half of my heart died on April 19,2001 and the other half kept beating for my other daughter. I spent a lot of time asking God why? I spent a lot of time angry at God.It took me a very long time and it took several (not so subtle) signs from Jenny before I realized she was with God and she was fine. It is my hope and prayer that your parents and family will begin to heal and that God will help them realize that you are ok now. Their sadness and longing for you will never go away but with time and strength from God it will ease and they will know that you are at peace and that when you left, you did so “in the arms of the angels” and perhaps “find some comfort there” God bless you Krissy, and say hello to Pappa Gindling for me:) Love, Liz
I’m truly sorry to learn of your troubles and despair. Your blog was a breath of fresh air. My sympathy to your family and friends.
May you rest now in peace. My prayers go out to your family and friends. I am truly sorry this has happened.
So very sorry. You are all in our thoughts and prayers.
As I sit here with a very heavy heart, I’m terribly saddened to hear of such a great loss. I didn’t know you, but did follow your blog, and just from reading that, and your tweets, you sounded like a wonderful person. I too have suffered from depression for a good part of my life, and many of times have asked for my pain to go away. These are the times when I needed to talk the most. If anything can be learned from your passing, if anyone has a friend or loved one that is depressed, urge them to get professional help, or better yet, lead them to it if you can. There are emergency mobile pysch clinicians in your area if you need them. This world is missing a great person now, because you have been called home, but God must have had better plans for you. May you RIP Karissa, now that your pain has gone away. My condolences are being sent to your family, friends, and whomever else that was lucky enough to have had the chance to know you. Great post Amber, and your right, we need to love each other, because we never know when will be our last moments on earth.
My heart hurts for you, Karissa. I wish your family peace and healing in this hard time. Rest in peace.
oh my heart hurts for you, for your loved ones. may peace be found in happy memories.
Heaven has gained an angel today, but the sun is a little less bright here on Earth. I miss your posts already and although I didn’t know you personally, I was inspired by you and looked forward to reading your blog each day. May you rest in peace in the arms of the Lord, free of pain and worry. My thoughts and prayers go out to your friends and family.
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With a heavy heart I write this post. I knew you only through your blog and OLS, yet I feel a common bond with you. The outpouring of grief across the web demonstrates the love that surrounded you. I wish you had known this support was here for you. I wish someone had seen your pain. I hope you are at peace and I send healing thoughts to your friends and family.
My heart goes out to Karissa’s entire family. She will be greatly missed. I will be praying.
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Karissa- I am so sorry and I hope that you are at Peace now. I am saying prayers for your family.
I have been a long follower of your blog and truly looked forward to your posts. You had such a passion for everything you wrote about, it made others feel passionate for it too. RIP, you will be missed.
RIP dear Karissa.
I only read your blog but never got to know you personally, yet I feel like I knew you through your words. To the family, I am truly sorry for your loss and you will be in my prayers.
I am so sad and shocked. My heart is breaking for your family.
How sad, I don’t even know what to say =( I hope you find peace now…
RIP
Karissa, I’ve been to your blog many times. I’ve commented, I’ve read, I’ve enjoyed all of your info and your words. We didn’t know each other, but we have one thing in common – we both wanted to end our lives. I spent the majority of my life as a depressed and suicidal person. You didn’t know it. You were hurting. I didn’t know it. Strangers indeed, but connected by a common thread. I am so saddened by the loss of your life. I feel that the earth truly is mourning for you, this great human being that added to it’s greatness. I will miss your words, I will miss your face, I will miss your name. I just want to get this out, and let you know, even if you’re not here to read it, that I’m sorry you were so sad, and I’m sorry you felt so helpless. I should know, I’ve been there myself. I miss you, and I hope that all those who are feeling lost and sad, know that we care, people care. Please reach out, please love each other. Good bye Karissa, and I hope that you have found the peace in death that you couldn’t find in life. You are loved, always.
Hi, I only heard of you today for the first time. I just wanted to say I’m very sorry that you did not feel you could reach out and share your feelings. I am sorry you felt you were alone. I understand your pain, I have been through some very traumatic events the last few years, including the deaths of my daughter and my husband. I know what it is like to feel like there is nothing left for you on earth.
I’m sorry that your family is experiencing the grief and pain of loosing you. I know how much it hurts to loose the ones you love. I wish them peace and comfort in knowing they will see you again. I offer them my sympathies and my support, should they want or need it. I encourage them to contact their local Compassionate Friends for support, and to not hold in their grief. To be loud about it, so that others will know their pain and not feel alone in their pain.
I hope that you have found what you’re looking for, Karissa, and even though I had not even heard of you til this very day, I can see you were obviously loved and I hope you can feel the love that others are pouring out to you.
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Karissa,
We just hung out a few weeks ago–I know things weren’t at their best but YOU my dear were a beautiful person and so upbeat and definately someone I will remember. Your smile and your eyes lit up so many times when we were together laughing at the “little girls” who were gushing over the boys of Glee–then WE were those gushing girls-LOL!
That was so much fun, so many laughs and I am just really glad I got to meet you and hang out with you to get to know YOU for who you are. This is not who you are or who you were but, we all know that God knows where you were in your last moments and HE is holding you close now. You don’t have any worries anymore and although I am sure we ALL would rather have you here with us on Earth–you are truly in a better place just at the wrong time. It was too soon but, we forgive you, lots of us have been where you probably were-scared, lost and alone–I know I speak for a lot of us, your online family- when I say that we wish we could have heard your cries a little better and sooner.
Rest sweet girl!
XOXO
I don’t know Karissa and am still sad beyond words. Peace to her and her family.
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I miss you! I am so sorry this had to happened! My thoughts and condolences go to Karissa’s family! We all will miss her!!!
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Karissa, I am so sad.. I WISH somehow I could have emailed you or reached out in some way. You were so strong and full of life and caring and sweet…. May your family be OK. I am sending your family all of my prayers that I have to offer. I am just so sick over this…
I am sending my prayers at this time. I am so sorry.
I am so very sorry for your loss. You will be missed Karissa, Rest In Peace
I am so sorry for your loss – and word can not express my sadness. My heart goes out Karissa’s family.
My heart goes out to Karissa’s family. I am so sorry for your loss. I so wish that I would have known what was going on in case I could have helped in some way. Rest in Peace Karissa and know that there are a lot of people who will miss you dearly.
I am sad beyond words!! You were a beauty and fun! I will miss you here and also at OLS (online-sweepstakes.com) you always added so much to the conversations and sweet as can be.
Words fail me
Karissa we were just together and you were such a strong light. I’ll never forget our time together. I can’t believe this happened and I’m so upset, I’m sick. I miss you.
Many, many prayers. So sorry.
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Oh, my goodness, I don’t even know what to say. Your family will be in my prayers!
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I just learned of this unfortunate event on Twitter and from Trisha’s MomDot blog post. Having now read “the break” post, I would never have gathered this would be the outcome. Karissa, although I didn’t personally know you today is a sad day. My heart goes out to your family and loved ones.
I feel like I failed you. I feel like you reached out and helped me when I needed help with my son, and in your time of need, I was too busy at the holidays to notice you needed it. What I wouldn’t give for a do-over, honey. A do-over to call, email, write and say “HEY, I AM HERE FOR YOU!”
I’m so sorry, KG. I can’t stop saying, thinking, sobbing “I’m sorry” over and over again. Thank you for being so amazing, for being you. I’m going to miss you so incredibly much.
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Oh- Karissa. Peace & white light. You touched so many of us.
So sorry to hear about what happened. You will be missed. Prayers to your family
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I’m so, so sorry to hear this news. My heart just breaks. My thoughts are with your family.
You will be missed greatly.
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I wish we had seen the signs I feel horrible right now. Praying for your family in their time of loss.
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prayers and love to your family.
im so sorry karissa. I should have asked the right questions. I wish your family peace. You were loved.
trisha
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God bless!
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I will always love you…
Please pray for Karissa and her family. She dances with the angels now.
Hey hun. I just realized you were mia for a bit and wanted to check in with you. Hope everything is good….keep us updated, miss ya!
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Wishing you all the best with your move and the changes. We look forward to seeing you back.
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Going to miss u! see u soon!
don’t go for too long!
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I wish you the very best while implementing these changes in your life and I hope they each bring you happiness and well-being!! Good luck on your move too!
Happy New year!
Wishing you all the best during these changes… take care! We’ll look forward to having you back more regularly once things calm down.
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WIshing you the best of luck during these changes.
I hope everything is ok and wish you all the best. Anxiously waiting your return!
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Take all the time you need and get your life in order. Your blog and friends will be right here when you get back! Hope you’re OK and refreshed when you return!
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Sure hope everything for you will be fine and rememberwhen one door closes another one opens with better things to look forward to. Hope you will be bakc real soon and will miss your postings !
I hope everything is OK! Good luck with your move, and we’ll be anxiously awaiting your return
I hope your move goes well. The kitty pic is very cute, made me smile. You’ll be missed!
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I hope everything is okay Karissa!
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I have been enjoying reading your posts and entering your giveaways (I used to go by the username SparkleLuvr but thought things would be easier to manage with a gmail account, so that is why you see the change in my name and email address even though it is the same me):-), and I wish you all the best with the upcoming changes. I hope things go as smoothly and easily as possible for you.
Wishing you many wonderful things in 2010:)
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Hope things start looking up for you soon!
Good luck and best wishes, Karissa! Take care of yourself, do what you need to do and hurry back! Sending you good vibes! Happy New Year and all the best!!!
I hope that you can settle in to your new life with the new year and that it will bring you much peace and happiness after you settle in. Until then you’re in my thoughts!
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sending you good energy for a speedy/happy/easy/beneficial move and know that you will be missed!
I hope everything turns out OK. I know it will! We will all miss you while you are gone and keep stalking.. I mean watching and waiting for you to come back.
I hope everything is okay and I look forward to your return!
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Hope these changes go smoothly for you! We’ll be here when you get back!
Take Care!
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Take care of yourself and we’ll be here when you are ready to return. Have a blessed New Year!
Oh sweet Karissa…I hope this “break” gives you the time you need to settle into these changes. Please know that we will miss you so much and look forward to you coming back!! {{hugs}} and wishing you a peaceful and happy 2010 – I am here for you if you ever want to chat!!! Lynn
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Looking forward to your return
Take care, take your time, and know that many people support you and your blog. Best wishes for a happy healthy new year
Valerie
Hang in there… best wishes to you for a fabulous 2010!!
Best of luck and I look forward to your future posts!
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They say we must change to evolve. All changes are good, and if we see it from the positive point of view, you’re starting 2010 in the best way of all, changing your life. May these changes bring you all the best and may 2010 be one of the best years of your life!
Best wishes as you go through this transition and hopefully 2010 will be very good to you.
A new year and a new adventure! We will be thinking of you with all best wishes!
wishing you all the best in the new year
We wish the best for you in 2010 as well. Hope this new chapter is a great one!
Sibu Beauty
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May these life changes bring you peace… and adventure. (I believe that both can co-exist!) How brave of you to start a new year off with different surroundings and “major life changes”! Bravo to you! And I hope you continue to feel confidence in yourself and your decisions as you embark upon this journey. It’s what we all here for, after all… Warm wishes!
My thoughts are with you as you travel on your new journey in this New Year! I hope all is okay and that we see you again real soon! Life sometimes throws a monkey wrench our way when we least expect it so take it easy and best wishes to you.
Joanna
Me too, I’ll be thinking of you and throwing good energy your way. Enjoy the break.
Happy New Year.
I hope you are healthy, happy and safe. I look forward to your return!
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Take care.
Thinking of you! Email when you have a chance, in the meantime I’ll keep checking in here to see how things are going. xo
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Hope everything is ok! We shall miss you while you’re gone and look forward to your return!
<3
Well, I hope things are okay for you and will be thinking of you while you take this small break!
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