Thank you, Mary Anne

Thank you for posting this, Anne

MA, a huge Thank You! for all the time you've spent here on TCS, sharing your love for the cats who share all of our lives, and especially for sharing your knowledge and experience by advising those of us in need. Bless you!

Mr. Underfoot, Sylvestra, Felixia, Oreo and Tiger Lily all send lots of purrs your way.

May you have much joy and love in your life and in your future endeavors.

Best,
Tess

I must agree to everyone's post. I too go to threads created by you. I will always appreciate your assistance in my situtation with Sheba. You are a font of cat knowledge and that will be sorely missed.
Best of luck to you and DH and the cats and horses!!

Mary Anne doesn't like goodbyes, especially long ones, so she never would have made this thread herself. There's just too many memories to count and too many people to say farewell to for her to keep it all together. None of us wanted her to go, but there's no way we'd try to hold her back. Her wisdom and dedication here has been immeasurable and a single thread or post isn't enough to truly thank her. We're all going to miss her from the TCS Team and I know she'll maintain her love and integrity in whatever she does.

Ohhhh!!

Mary Anne, I don't really know you, but you are a wonder of a person. Like everyone else says, you really HAVE helped so many kitties out there, and people too. I've only been on TCS for 4 months but it seems like a lifetime. I cannot believe you are leaving!

For whatever reason you are leaving I wish you the very best. You have so much going for you. You are great. And you had better believe it.

It's just so hard. You will be very very VERY missed. I know TCS will never be the same without you here. You were a great leader for this community.
Thank you so much. Gosh I still can't believe this.

God bless



Bye


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I can't begin to express the gratitude I feel for the advice, understanding, and friendship that Mary Anne has freely given me. I wish her the very, very best of luck in her future ventures and life. I'll miss your daily presence here, M.A., but want to say, "Go for it!".

Wow hissy, sorry to see you go. Just want to let you know that you've been a valuable asset to TCS. I still remember when I first logged on here and receiving several intelligent replies back from you from my first posts that I really appreciated.

Good luck in all that you do!

Look at all these eloquent posts. Can you doubt for a second how much you will be missed?

Take care of you, please, and Mike, and all the four leggeds. And may many good things come your way. Go in peace, my friend, and be well.

I honestly think she will peek around once every so often to see how the site is going!

Dear Hissy (Mary Anne)

I too want to add my best wishes to you and yours for the future away from here at TCS. You were one of the first people to welcome me here when I joined last year and have always been there for me and everyone else whenever we needed you.
Don't be a stranger - drop in some time to chat and say hi to all your friends here - you will be sadly missed

Best wishes to you and your family - human and furred

MA< you have been such a help to me and have given me SO MUCH useful info over the past several months. I couldn't have done what I did for Lola without your help, period, even if we weren't able to save her. I'm sad to see you go, but thank you for all of your amazing advice.

Wow. I'm in shock! I can't imagine TCS without you MA, but the reasons for your leaving must be good ones. I hope that they are happy reasons...to take on new challenges and new endeavors.

I found TCS when I was searching for information on how to take care of feral kittens, my first ones. Mary Anne, it was your advice that I found most valuable. I count it as one of the major reasons that those kittens, and all the ones I've had since then, are happy, confident cats, thriving in their new homes! Your success with ferals gave me the courage to take on the challenge of trapping and socializing cats/kittens in need. I don't know that I would have taken this on had I not found TCS in general, and the feral forum in particular. Since that day, I have fostered 20 cats/kittens...most of whom would still be out there, struggling to survive, or worse. Along with my thanks and good wishes, I thank you from all of them as well.

I hope you, at the very least, lurk here for a bit to receive the thanks and praise you deserve. Your presence here will be greatly missed. Not only for your expertise, but also for your humor and insight.

"Thank you" seems insufficient.

I'm joining thoes having a hard time finding the words, but I would like to add my thanks for all the wisdom you have passed on to us here at TCS. God Bless you wherever life takes you from here.

MA, I'm sorry to see you go. Your presence will be greatly missed here. Thank you for everything you have done to help make and keep TCS the best site out there. And thank you for all of your advice; you've helped not only me but countless others here with your vast knowlege. I wish you luck and happiness in whatever your future holds. THANK YOU MARY ANNE!!

Mary Anne, you know the immense respect and admiration I feel for you. This was a very difficult decision for you to make, and has taken so much courage. You are already very sorely missed by this community of which you have become the heart. Thank you so much for all you've done and continue to do for the precious kitties of the world! I will forever be grateful that this site was the launching point for a relationship I will continue to cherish.

MA -

I am so very shocked to hear about this - I have to agree with a few of the other posts on here - whenever I saw a thread that you had written on - I read it immediately - knowing I would learn something from it!

I have only been here a few months - but I am very sad to hear that you will be leaving - I wish you only the best of luck and hope to see you around here sometime again!

I can't believe you're not going to be here! YIKES! TCS won't be the same!
I know you have your reasons and you will be missed around here. I agree with the majority, I look for your name on posts and read them first as I know they will contain a wealth of information on things I might need to know about.
Good luck in all the things you do in your life now and always MA, you will be sorely missed!