if your reading this i'm already gone A year ago, when I first joined the Scratch community, I was basically a ghost. I'd just lurk on the front page, convinced that i was trash I was standing in the dark, my finger hovering over the delete button, ready to simply vanish and let everyone forget I ever existed. Then, I found a spark. But today, the pulse of this chapter stops. The screen is going dark, and the silence is a lot heavier than I ever imagined it would be. Many good friends I know have already quit, so I'm throwing in the towel not because I've lost my spark but because the real world is calling my name and I have to answer. I'm stepping out of the digital glow and into a reality that honestly terrifies me because for the first time in a year, I have to walk without the people who saved me. I'm leaving behind the projects, the community, and the ghost of the boy who used to post random stuff just to feel like he was alive. If you ever wonder where I went, look for me. Look for me under the blinding stadium lights of the MLB, or look for me in the dust and the shadows of the world’s most broken places. As a private of the U.S. Marine Corps, I’m headed toward the front lines from the mud of Ukraine to the heat of the Sahel, from the cries of Haiti to the sands of the Middle East. I arrived here invisible. I leave here changed. I am carrying your strength into the dark so that maybe, just maybe, others can find their way to the light. This was my home. Now, the world is my battlefield. One final salute. This chapter ends here. The rest of my story begins out there. o7 goodbye.....
Maybe someday I’ll find my way back here. But for now this is where my story with you ends. Later nerds. o7 BaseballCatcher31 February 22 2025-March 12 9:23am
