Princess Kae-Leah
03-28-2012, 01:01 AM
Dear Friends,
I would just like to let you know that I have decided to take a break from both my public Facebook mer- page and MerNetwork for a while. It has honestly been weeks since mermaiding has been genuinely fun for me, or hasn't caused me stress and heartache, and I hope taking a break would help me reconnect with the very sense of fun and whimsy that inspired me to write "Nerissa Sanderson, The Part-Time Mermaid of Sunshine Valley, CA" and purchase a costume mermaid tail in the first place.
Hobbies are a wonderful thing, but just about everything has the potential to turn into an unhealthy obsession and as such end up doing me more harm than good, and negative energy and self-doubting can be more addictive than any drug known to mankind. Believe me, I wish more than anything that I was strong enough to let the hurt I feel drift away with the waves and then get eaten by sharks, but unfortunately I feel being constantly reminded of recent drama has made moving on from it profoundly difficult.
As I write this open letter, I must admit that I am overcome by some seriously mixed emotions. Taking even a temporary break from this page means I will not be doing the activism for ocean conservation issues that is so important to me, and because of that fact I suppose part of me feels I'm letting down the oceans and its beautiful creatures that I love so much. However, at the end of the day, I suppose my mental health is ultimately more important than any petition that I could sign to help protect the oceans, or any other excuse I could come up with to refuse to take a "virtual vacation".
In closing, I want to apologize for any drama that I've caused in the past, to encourage other merfolk in my absence to keep fighting the good fight for ocean conservation, to keep spreading peace and love and not hate, and, heck, to pray for me if you're the praying type.
Love and fishes,
Kae-Leah
I would just like to let you know that I have decided to take a break from both my public Facebook mer- page and MerNetwork for a while. It has honestly been weeks since mermaiding has been genuinely fun for me, or hasn't caused me stress and heartache, and I hope taking a break would help me reconnect with the very sense of fun and whimsy that inspired me to write "Nerissa Sanderson, The Part-Time Mermaid of Sunshine Valley, CA" and purchase a costume mermaid tail in the first place.
Hobbies are a wonderful thing, but just about everything has the potential to turn into an unhealthy obsession and as such end up doing me more harm than good, and negative energy and self-doubting can be more addictive than any drug known to mankind. Believe me, I wish more than anything that I was strong enough to let the hurt I feel drift away with the waves and then get eaten by sharks, but unfortunately I feel being constantly reminded of recent drama has made moving on from it profoundly difficult.
As I write this open letter, I must admit that I am overcome by some seriously mixed emotions. Taking even a temporary break from this page means I will not be doing the activism for ocean conservation issues that is so important to me, and because of that fact I suppose part of me feels I'm letting down the oceans and its beautiful creatures that I love so much. However, at the end of the day, I suppose my mental health is ultimately more important than any petition that I could sign to help protect the oceans, or any other excuse I could come up with to refuse to take a "virtual vacation".
In closing, I want to apologize for any drama that I've caused in the past, to encourage other merfolk in my absence to keep fighting the good fight for ocean conservation, to keep spreading peace and love and not hate, and, heck, to pray for me if you're the praying type.
Love and fishes,
Kae-Leah