I want to Thank everyone at GOF, for always being here, and for the lasting friendships I have made. See You Next Month ! pattie~

I joined the Garden of Friendship on October 10, 2000 and in the eight years I have been a member of the Garden, I have never regretted it. This group has not only brought me many lasting friendships, but has also become my extended family. I am so thankful Deelight had the foresight to get this group going and we have been able to make it eight years strong.
Cheri










I joined GOF for the first time on 5th July 2002. Yep I have the correct date as I searched my very old site that I no longer update and found my old GOF dedication page still there so found it from there :) and yeah I left I guess during March 2004. So it was close to 2 years I was there. I left during 2004 to concentrate on my engineering course as I was in my pre-final year then and also had to look for the job. But GOF was lingering my mind every single time. and finally I joined last year.

I also remembered my old committees HTML Assistance, Site Mentoring, Ringwatchers, Recipes and of course Games and Events and Newsletter. Nice collection eh. I also remembered me joining Tournament Committee when it was formed and I was the 3rd member to join it after the CL and ACL. I used to chat so many times with kc in the chatroom we had for GOF. LOL. I also remember Marre whom I used to call my online Mum :) Also Quilters Club, I found the old quilts too. I guess I was thrilled to find these old stuff as I am getting nostalgic :)

Well time passes I couldnt believe it. I joined GOF during 2002 because I had joined the enginnering course during 2001 and I was away from home living in a hostel and I used to feel lonely. I remember that I used to rush every single day after college to our cyber cafe next to college to check the mails from GOF. I used to do some free lance web design and stuff to get some extra money so that I could spend in the cafe for this :) I used to try those stupid recipes by locking my hostel room so that other guys dont peep in LOL. I mean all of you who were my friends then were so many years older than me but I used to feel so much closer to you all than to all the guys and gals around in my college. 2002 was the year when I first met my fiance who used to study in my class and we got married last month. You know we actually were just friends for around 3 years before I started having feelings for her. But now I realise I used to love her from then. And believe it or not I used to get the patience, words, passion, thoughts everything that I shared with her after interacting and chatting with all my wonderful GOF friends. And let me be very specific I mean this :) None of my online friends (read GOF) actually knew this. I dont know how. I was so sad and literally cried when I left GOF during 2004 due to lack of time. Of course there was 1 more reason I left but thats a chapter better left unsaid :) I rejoined in between I guess for 1-2 months during 2005-06 but couldnt again give my time.

The current time when I joined GOF during 2007 was when I was quite alright. Well settled in my job and just missed GOF to a greater deal.And believe it or not, by talking with all of you again and sharing my time while chatting, playing with all of you, Alita, Jandee, Aussie Wendy :) and many more (dont beat me if I dont name all of you) I again had this sudden urge that yes I need to propose to my fiance. Yep I am saying this because I was thinking about this for a long time but that was it. I was just thinking over. But by talking to all of you, going through your sites, your lives I was just getting inspired. Do it and dont just linger and I did. I remember the day. 3rd December 2007 I proposed to my girl friend. And she accepted. She always loved me. Our parents agreed within 24 hours. And you know all this over phone. I am living in another place, my fiance at another place, her parents at another place and my parents at another place LOL. But it happened. I am the happiest person currently. And I am enjoying every moment of my life now :) and all this thanks to GOF. Even though none of you all know but indirectly you all helped me :)

I hope I made sense in what I wrote :)


Thanks GKs for all the time you give to GOF and I promise I will be the bestest friend of all of you forever :) Love you all, love GOF :)

And thanks especially to Deelight. I mean you really need a great vision to even think of starting something like this. You started a wonderful place and you must be proud of yourself that GOF is now 8 years old. Thanks a lot Deelight and I wish all of you a very happy and lovely 8th Birthday. We all are part of it and we all have definitely contributed someway or the other for the garden's success :)

Hugs,
Boomboom




Me and my friend

My friend means a lot to me
Even when times are tough
We have our ups and downs
And share a lot of stuff


When I feel I have no one
She always makes me smile
And is always there for me
To make my life worth while


This poem to say thank you
For always being there
To my guardian angel
For answering my prayer


Clare




I joined GOF awhile back and left due to personal problems, then I came back and left again also due to personal problems, but I just could not stay away. The Garden Of Friendship just kept calling me to come back and no I was not invited back it was calling me back by my heart and in my dreams. So I came back and I am here to stay. Deelight thanks for doing all that you did to make the Garden to where it is today. There are only 2 more groups that I have rejoined since my time away. The Garden Of Friendship was juat only one that I could not stay away from. Below are a couple of adoption for you from me if you choose to take either one of them please take the logo too and link it back to http://crystalclearcreations.net be sure to take 2 logos to put under each gift.
Love And Hugs Selena