[LisaLives]

I would help.  There should be a LBS convention or several, all around the world.  I can't think of a better way to raise awareness and help others.  We could have speakers, workshops, and of course social events. 

How many of us do you think there are?  I know a lot of older women who have moved on who would love to know someone of theirown generation who went through it because it was just never talked about and they didn't have the internet... 

I am in fantasy mode today, trying to create my PERFECT life and what I would need, besides a reliable custody schedule from my H, I would love for others to "get" MLC... 

Just a thought, but a good one, I think!  And I promise I would help!

[Mermaid]

I've often thought this, I agree!

[Buggy31]

Me too

[OldPilot]

How many of us do you think there are? 

Well with a 50% divorce rate in the US, I would think that the number is rather large in terms of raw numbers.

[kikki]

Great idea - I've also been thinking about this for a very long time too.
Would love to help.

[Anjae]

It is a wondeful idea. Lisa, world round may be many, many of us. Enough for world wide conventions.

[Standing in Patience]

I was wondering that if Oprah was still around on the regular networks...
if someone would write a book based on a compilation of the threads here... it could make it on her "recommended" list.

Or be a featured author at the convention...

Is there a book in the works, RCR? Maybe HB? Or would any of a number of the eloquent posters be an author?

[Buggy31]

I agree that a book of these stories would be powerful. RCR has a lot of threads here to work with.  I think the most powerful stories would be those that have traveled the length of the crisis or LBS journey...so I believe RCR has the beginnings of some really good stories but there would need to be more time as some of these stories move along and people would need to continue to document even when MLCer comes out of replay so we could see and learn more about the other stages.  I know this is tricky for an LBSer because it seems that as they start to move forward they are detached from the situation more and not as inclined to document...anyway interesting topic.  I do so long to bring MLC out of the closet so to speak because it breaks my heart to think that people are going through this alone with no understanding of the crisism

[BraveNewWorld]

I'd like to see an MLC database. A template that we all work to, where we can add living information that we sometimes have our polls about, and a place for us to write our stories, add birth order, lat/long etc.

It's the geeky engineer in me at play. I've actually been working on a time-line application that was inspired by all of this.

bnw

[Buggy31]

NO I agree BNW....RCR has the potential for quantitative data here...and she could have a lot but also the stories themselves could serve as a form of qualitative data which may reveal more about the MLC process....can you imagine if there are psychologists out there studying this stuff what I site like this would provide...I don't know if it would be taken seriously as data from experts but it certainly should there is tons of information in these stories....especially the ones that document frequently.