dear readers,

happy new year!

i have a little BIG announcement to make.

this will be one of the last posts to go up on the QCP. the first one was welcomed to the world on january 16, 2008. i thought it appropriate that the last one(s) will occur exactly one year later.

what happens in a year? a lot can, apparently. i’m sure you didn’t need me to tell you that. as i look back on this year and read all the posts that my fellow contributors and i have put up for public consumption, i cannot help but feel a swell of pride. i am proud of all my writers for their frank, well-written, interesting posts and i am proud of all the QCP readers for not just reading these posts, but also commenting on them in equally inspiring ways. we are lucky to have readers like you. i am lucky to have writers like you.

this project was born out of frustration, out of disillusionment, out of confusion. not necessarily negative things. because of being lost, we were able to embark upon a blogging adventure that has set our inquisitive natures burrowing deep within ourselves. and though we may not have found any concrete answers or solved any great mysteries, i do believe we have taken great strides towards reaching somewhere. wherever that somewhere is for you. sometimes vagueness can still bring reassuring answers.

this project was also born out of a lot of hope and deep rooted belief. the hope for better and the deep rooted belief that through dialogue, words, conversation, we can and are able to help one another. no one is alone in life. i think this blogging project was a celebration of what it means to be who we are at this particular time, in this particular phase, in reaching out to others around us, and the support we can all get as a collective.

it isn’t that this blog is no longer relevant. it isn’t that i am no longer interested in all things related to the QCC. it is more a reckoning that it is simply time to move on.  this place shall be and always will remain. and i wont stop thinking about it for a long, long time, if ever. you are welcome to come here anytime to read, to comment still. the blog will live on, but i suppose its role now if more one of reflection rather than action.

i cannot imagine better company than yours as this journey unfolded. thank you. this definitely won’t be the last you see of me. there are many other blogging projects in the works, which i am excited to share with you. so please stay tuned!

meanwhile, continue to find your own path, delineated by your own self. i am confident you can do it. and whenever it gets tough, remember the people in your life, remember the QCP. we are a formidable team, ridden with questions and most likely in possession of the answers to those questions all along.

with love,

cindy