AmberDaze
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Well, we just got home from the doctors, and I had a chance to finish my letter from the heart. I have emailed many places already, but those letters were short and sweet and not as heartfelt. In the craziness since we found out VMK was closing, I have been doing so many things at once, that I didn't have the chance to concentrate on it.
I welcome your comments, before I begin sending & posting it to places that matter. Thanks for reading.
It's about 4am now...3 hours after VMK closed for the night. I just checked in on my daughter (MonkeyRulz on VMK) who was still awake. She was crying...crying because we just found out that VMK was going to close. The thought of her losing all of her VMK friends was just too much for her to bear. No one thinks that children have much stress in their lives, but they do. Last summer she had surgery to remove a soft tissue mass on her thumb. Through the tears and the pain, she still was able to type to friends far and near in her virtual Magic Kingdom. This is what saved both of our sanities during this time. Her VMK friends was who she counted on while she was lying on the couch only able to use one hand to type. Her VMK friends was what made her forget her pain.
My daughter was recently diagnosed with a form of arthritis, which has has helped to explain many of her health issues over the past few years. She currently has a lot of inflammation in her thumb, which causes numbness and pain. Medication has not yet been successful to heal it. She is a very strong person but when she accidentally hits her thumb, the tears fall like there is no tomorrow. She turns to her VMK friends for support all the time. When she is with them, all I hear is laughter. If VMK closes, it would be like her closest friends just left her. No more cheering up, no more support, no more enjoying each other's company, no more forgetting about that big test coming up tomorrow, no more goodnight hugs and waves with friends across the miles...
For almost 3 years I knew my VMK friends would always be there for me...they were there when I had my gallbladder (gold.blot.her) taken out last summer. What real friends would have stayed with me when all I was able to do is lie around in bed for weeks? My VMK friends...that's who. These friends have become very much a part of my everyday life and I treasure them. I want VMK to continue as it always has...I had no idea it was not supposed to last this long. But I also didn't know that my little virtual self would wander around and make friends who have become near and dear to my heart. I don't think any of us really knew that when we first started.
My daughter and I joined VMK before Frontierland was added. Since that time, we have both met wonderful people from all over the world...some of them have become a part of our real day to day lives. To those friends I have met in person...I thank you for your friendship. I am so grateful that we have met, and even moreso that you will continue to be a part of my life. To those friends inside the game who I have not had the pleasure of meeting: I thank you too, for your friendship and all the wonderful times we have had. I am indeed the luckiest girl in the world to have friends like you.
Monkey and I never realized how greatly we would feel this loss...the majority of VMK players feel the same way. We do not want to lose our friends, nor the Disney magic, and we are willing to pay to keep it going. How can wanting to continue the magic be a wrong thing? In the true spirit of Disney hearts, friends and family would not suffer a loss as great as this. What started out as a small virtual game, has indeed grown into something so much more. This little "game" has grown into a huge community of friends, families and true Disney lovers. In the midst of A Year of a Million Dreams, it's hard to believe that friends and families will just go away.
Sure we tried playing other games over the past few years...but it was never the same. We always went back to VMK. No other game brings Disney magic right into our home inbetween trips to the real parks. No other game. If you can think of another game that makes me yell out "flawless," or "awesome," while watching real Disney's fireworks light up the sky, please tell me. There just isn't a replacement. You may not have created this game for us to grow an extension of ourselves in the virtual world, but that's what happened. Everything in the Disney parks make us think of VMK as well...it always will. When VMK closes, I will have suffered a great loss...just how do you say goodbye to so many friends who you still treasure so much?
We are not alone in our feelings...there are so many families and friends who play VMK and enjoy Disney magic together...families who cannot be together in their real lives, such as mothers and fathers who are in the military and cannot visit their children. Without VMK, they would not have this opportunity to share Disney magic whenever they can. There are children who cannot see their moms or dads because of a divorce; and families who just live too far away to physically be there for each other. These families depend greatly on Disney's VMK. Then there are those who are of ill health, who depend on VMK to forget about their health issues. I have a treasured friend who needs to use a wheelchair, but in VMK she can stand taller than her husband, who also plays VMK with their two children. I can't even begin to count the numerous autistic children I have come across who have reached out in VMK and finally made a connection...children who have had no direction have been found to blossom and become outspoken because of this "game." I have a wonderful friend who has twin girls...one of them has autism and is experiencing great sadness over the news. Her other daughter, Dlandchick, has been battling cancer for more than a year now. In the darkest days of her treatments, she knows she can login to VMK and find loving and caring friends and family who support her from across the miles. There are many more adults and children who have cancer, or another serious illness who depend on VMK as their magical "getaway." VMK is for everyone wanting just a little piece of Disney magic. We know we can login, and share our good days and our bad...with friends and families we have grown to treasure.
Whatever you'd like to call VMK -- whether it be a "game," an "application," a "promotion..." things have changed tremendously since its opening. It has grown into a real life community with living and breathing souls behind those cute little characters. Disney does not destroy dreams, it creates them. Please don't take our dreams away.
AmberDaze on VMK
I welcome your comments, before I begin sending & posting it to places that matter. Thanks for reading.
It's about 4am now...3 hours after VMK closed for the night. I just checked in on my daughter (MonkeyRulz on VMK) who was still awake. She was crying...crying because we just found out that VMK was going to close. The thought of her losing all of her VMK friends was just too much for her to bear. No one thinks that children have much stress in their lives, but they do. Last summer she had surgery to remove a soft tissue mass on her thumb. Through the tears and the pain, she still was able to type to friends far and near in her virtual Magic Kingdom. This is what saved both of our sanities during this time. Her VMK friends was who she counted on while she was lying on the couch only able to use one hand to type. Her VMK friends was what made her forget her pain.
My daughter was recently diagnosed with a form of arthritis, which has has helped to explain many of her health issues over the past few years. She currently has a lot of inflammation in her thumb, which causes numbness and pain. Medication has not yet been successful to heal it. She is a very strong person but when she accidentally hits her thumb, the tears fall like there is no tomorrow. She turns to her VMK friends for support all the time. When she is with them, all I hear is laughter. If VMK closes, it would be like her closest friends just left her. No more cheering up, no more support, no more enjoying each other's company, no more forgetting about that big test coming up tomorrow, no more goodnight hugs and waves with friends across the miles...
For almost 3 years I knew my VMK friends would always be there for me...they were there when I had my gallbladder (gold.blot.her) taken out last summer. What real friends would have stayed with me when all I was able to do is lie around in bed for weeks? My VMK friends...that's who. These friends have become very much a part of my everyday life and I treasure them. I want VMK to continue as it always has...I had no idea it was not supposed to last this long. But I also didn't know that my little virtual self would wander around and make friends who have become near and dear to my heart. I don't think any of us really knew that when we first started.
My daughter and I joined VMK before Frontierland was added. Since that time, we have both met wonderful people from all over the world...some of them have become a part of our real day to day lives. To those friends I have met in person...I thank you for your friendship. I am so grateful that we have met, and even moreso that you will continue to be a part of my life. To those friends inside the game who I have not had the pleasure of meeting: I thank you too, for your friendship and all the wonderful times we have had. I am indeed the luckiest girl in the world to have friends like you.
Monkey and I never realized how greatly we would feel this loss...the majority of VMK players feel the same way. We do not want to lose our friends, nor the Disney magic, and we are willing to pay to keep it going. How can wanting to continue the magic be a wrong thing? In the true spirit of Disney hearts, friends and family would not suffer a loss as great as this. What started out as a small virtual game, has indeed grown into something so much more. This little "game" has grown into a huge community of friends, families and true Disney lovers. In the midst of A Year of a Million Dreams, it's hard to believe that friends and families will just go away.
Sure we tried playing other games over the past few years...but it was never the same. We always went back to VMK. No other game brings Disney magic right into our home inbetween trips to the real parks. No other game. If you can think of another game that makes me yell out "flawless," or "awesome," while watching real Disney's fireworks light up the sky, please tell me. There just isn't a replacement. You may not have created this game for us to grow an extension of ourselves in the virtual world, but that's what happened. Everything in the Disney parks make us think of VMK as well...it always will. When VMK closes, I will have suffered a great loss...just how do you say goodbye to so many friends who you still treasure so much?
We are not alone in our feelings...there are so many families and friends who play VMK and enjoy Disney magic together...families who cannot be together in their real lives, such as mothers and fathers who are in the military and cannot visit their children. Without VMK, they would not have this opportunity to share Disney magic whenever they can. There are children who cannot see their moms or dads because of a divorce; and families who just live too far away to physically be there for each other. These families depend greatly on Disney's VMK. Then there are those who are of ill health, who depend on VMK to forget about their health issues. I have a treasured friend who needs to use a wheelchair, but in VMK she can stand taller than her husband, who also plays VMK with their two children. I can't even begin to count the numerous autistic children I have come across who have reached out in VMK and finally made a connection...children who have had no direction have been found to blossom and become outspoken because of this "game." I have a wonderful friend who has twin girls...one of them has autism and is experiencing great sadness over the news. Her other daughter, Dlandchick, has been battling cancer for more than a year now. In the darkest days of her treatments, she knows she can login to VMK and find loving and caring friends and family who support her from across the miles. There are many more adults and children who have cancer, or another serious illness who depend on VMK as their magical "getaway." VMK is for everyone wanting just a little piece of Disney magic. We know we can login, and share our good days and our bad...with friends and families we have grown to treasure.
Whatever you'd like to call VMK -- whether it be a "game," an "application," a "promotion..." things have changed tremendously since its opening. It has grown into a real life community with living and breathing souls behind those cute little characters. Disney does not destroy dreams, it creates them. Please don't take our dreams away.
AmberDaze on VMK
This is wonderful and I think needs to be sent everywhere.
I never thought I'd find myself crying over an online game but this game was more than a game, it was about friendships. You summed things up very well.
