Hello. I was going through my bookmarks and came across your work, again. I hope you're doing well, and that your father is doing better. Your work always puts me in a great mood, and you turned me onto Elementary! Thank you, for both š Hiding Places is easily one of the best things I've ever read, not just in the Barisi fandom. Sending you lots of love.
Thank you so much for this message, anon, and for thinking of me, and for remembering my work.:)
Iām doing OK. Work has been crazy busy but productive, and about a month ago I got a bit of a promotion (I am now a senior associate) and a small lol raise.
Unfortunately, however, my dad is not doing well at all. He deteriorated pretty rapidly over the past month (for those who may not know, he has cancer which is now metastatic) and, sadly, itās now a matter of weeks/days until heās gone.
Which is why I havenāt been able to post or be online almost at all. I go to work, and then me and my brother basically take shifts watching over my dad, because heās deteriorating more and more by the day. On the bright side, heās not in pain (just turmoil) and heās lucid, so weāve pretty much said our goodbyes and weāre all coming to terms with it, and with the fact it will really be for the best.
I also want to thank you for mentioning Hiding Places. Itās really special to me, because I wrote it right after my dad was diagnosed, and itās literally what kept me sane and focused during that entire summer of 2016. So I really appreciate your words.
This time around, I have my job to keep me sane. Itās way more demanding than my last job, and it allows for my creativity to be expressed (not as much as writing, lol, but just enough), and thankfully my colleagues/superiors are very understanding of my situation, so Iām able to balance things as much as possible. I havenāt had much time to write, though, or read fic, or do anything else, really, but (for better of for worse) thatāll be over soon.
Iāll need to take some time to mourn (although Iāve been doing that for a while now), and then hopefully I can return to Barisi, and finding balance and catharsis through writing. It really helped me when I lost my mom in 2015 (why, yes, life has been terrible, why do you ask?) and I think itāll help me now, too.
I appreciate and love each and every one of you for still being here, despite the fact I canāt be, and I canāt write for you right now, or post for you like I did. Thank you for still remembering and referencing my work <333
That said, SVU itself is the last thing on my mind. I donāt have the energy to bother, not when every single spoiler (except for an LGBT character! Finally! Cue JoJo - āToo Little Too Lateā though tbh) has left me cold. Iām glad itās still out there, doing its thing and breaking records, and Peter is as handsome as ever, but, like, Iām good luv, enjoy.
(unless the show magically improves, in which case Iāll give it another shot. Who knew Iād miss Barba so much? Oh wait, everyone did lol.)
Elementary, on the other hand, continues to be emotionally resonant and well written and impeccably acted, and Iām happy itās kept me company through these hard times. The upcoming 7th season (!!!) is giving me something to look forward to. This show is the definition of comfort viewing, and I could really use some comfort :)
Thanks again, everyone. Life has been kicking me in the ass for the past 3 years, but Iām still here.
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