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As the curtain draws closed on this years new life festival and this extraordinary community event I wanted to once more give my most heartfelt thanks to @Aliyavana for hosting each year and to all of you beautiful people who get involved.
We, all of us, struggle in our own way. For me this event has become a part of my healing and preparing to face the new year. From writing the years New Life poem to putting together the little gift bags I send along with it, accepting so many wonderful gifts myself and most dearly reading the thank you messages I receive in turn.
Sometimes in those little messages we share things about our lives with each other. Those connections no matter how brief can mean a great deal and though what was said (or inferred) will always remain private I would like to step somewhat outside my bounds and give one last special shout out to 2 people...
@JimFord047 (PC/NA) who posted their wish list back on page 6 of this thread.
@Wanderer07 (PC/NA) who has participated heavily in this event previously but could not this year.
If anyone has anything at all left in the Tank after so much generosity this year I suspect those two people would particularly appreciate receiving some kind words and or nice gifts (I hope they will forgive me boosting their names here).
Once again I have managed to send out my small gift bags and new life greetings to everyone from PC / NA who posted in this thread, I hope my packages found you all well.
For those of you on EU, other systems or even those who have stumbled across this thread but chose not to join in...
Life's wheel spirals downward
our eyes narrow and dim,
Torment divides us
discord worms its way in
We are all unprepared
but look out from within,
The walls between us
once unveiled are thin
Reach out in fellowship
to strangers, friends and kin;
These three can guide us
and let morn's light back in
May the new year bring new wisdom, repair old wounds, replenish our souls, envigorate our bodies,
lift our spirits and gift fortune to us all.
Edited by lDaede on January 6, 2026 1:18PM
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This was a lovely experience! I do hope to partake again next time! I'll make sure to fill up my crafting bag to save stuff for next time to send to folks!!!
I do have a list going of some things I still need to send people or visit homes still, so I'll continue to do that until my entire list is completed.
I recently got ESO Plus so I can finally start collecting the rest of the mailed gifts I got! I will try to also update my OG post with thank you's, but if I forget, I will thank you in game. If I have yet to reply to you in game, it means I didn't accept all attachments yet (if you sent more than one (1) mail to me).
I hope everyone had a lovely New Life Festival and I hope everyone has a lovely year to come!!!
I am also still going through mails and sending out gifts/thank yous! I do apologize for my belated response Things have been busy around here, but now that the holidays are winding down, I have written down everyone who sent me something, and will 100% reply/gift/visit homes ext!
Legends never die
They're written down in eternity
But you'll never see the price it costs
The scars collected all their lives
When everything's lost, they pick up their hearts and avenge defeat
Before it all starts, they suffer through harm just to touch a dream
Oh, pick yourself up, 'cause
Legends never die