[Viva] changes ....

[Margarite Sanchez]

Thanks for your kind words Denise. The thing is I truly love the women,
it's hard to step out...
We are blessed to have such a fun and unique community of women.
ox

On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:46 PM, Denise Wozniak <deniseswozniak at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Margarite:
>
> You need a rest and have gone above and beyond for every HIV+ woman.  I
> understand how hard travel is and know it is exhausting when you live miles
> and miles away.
>
> You have my utmost respect for all you have accomplished and will be
> missed by everyone.  We are there for you whenever you need us to talk to
> and there will be lots of communication to come, I am sure.
>
> Now it is your turn and I want to thank you for all you have done to help
> others.
>
> Denise
>
> On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 5:41 PM, Margarite Sanchez <
> margaritesanchez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi gals,
>> This isn't an easy thing to do ...
>> Changes are coming for me.  I have given Jane my notice and won't be
>> facilitating the Oaktree or Vancouver Women's Health Collective peer
>> support groups anymore. I will be at the May groups (this week) and
>> possibly June to support a transition while they find someone to take my
>> position.
>>
>> This was a hard decision for me because I care very much about the
>> importance of what happens when we come together to share and support each
>> other. However, I've been doing this every month now for 5 years and I am
>> finding the travel to and from Vancouver every month exhausting (it is *at
>> least* 10 hours each trip!). I hope you understand,
>>
>> I'm honoured that you've all let me into your lives and trusted me. I
>> have learned so much about strength, resiliency and compassion from each of
>> you. I'm glad to be part of this beautiful strong community of poz women
>> and I feel like I have so many friends now that I didn't have when I
>> started these groups.
>>
>> I'm sure they will find someone good to take over and the groups will
>> continue.
>> Also I'll still be getting my healthcare at oaktree so I'll look forward
>> to attending whenever I can coordinate my appointments with the groups.
>>
>> I also want to express my appreciation to OTC for taking on this
>> important piece of holistic health care. I'm proud to have played a role in
>> it's development.
>>
>> Thank you and please stay in touch (I'm only a phone call away),
>> Hugs all around,
>> Margarite
>>
>> P.S. This does not change my involvement with ViVA. I will remain on the
>> Standing Committee and hope to see a lot of you through that.
>>
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