Welcome

[dw]

I would like to take a minute to welcome you to the new CHPForums Family Forums. This category is one that should have been included with the inception of CHPForums, but the scope was different then and I never imagined we would have garnered the audience that we have.

Additionally, I would like to introduce our new moderators, CHPWife, jrsfan, and makakona. They will be responsible for the daily operation and oversight of the Family Forums and I would ask that you address any comments or concerns to them first. I along with Mac, Chippysgt, Boysergeant, and snowdog will continue to oversee CHPForums in its entirety.

Posts in the Family Forums will be held to the same standards as the rest of CHPForums and I expect things to stay civilized. If you are not an advocate of the Family Forums, do not participate for the purpose of mocking, demeaning, or otherwise disrespecting our members. As always, differences of opinion are to be expected, but profanity, personal attacks, and release of confidential and/or privileged information will not be tolerated.

If you feel a post is out of place or in violation of our rules, please use the report post icon at the bottom of the left panel. Finally, I welcome comments and criticism.

[CHPWife]

Welcome to the new Family Forums section of CHPForums.com. I look forward to being part of a team that will help facilitate conversations among family members of CHP personnel. This is a place for open exchange and support. There are no dumb questions; we were all there at some time. Please review the rules and regulations of the forum. This is a public forum so please keep that in mind when posting. You may PM me if you want to ask something in private.

I personally would like to ask two things of everyone.
First, please remember that we come from all parts of the population, all spectrums of ages and many different life experiences. I often have to stop and remember where I was in life when I was 22 before I answer a message because that seems like a lifetime ago. Everyone has different priorities and those priorities change over time. We are all entitled to our opinion and should agree to disagree some of the time.

That brings me to the second item I ask, please respect others. Everyone is entitled to their opinions and personal attacks or bitchy comments will not be tolerated. Don’t type something you would never say in person. Disagree all you want but do it respectfully.

We are all part of an extended family united by someone we love backing up each other’s loved ones. I guess we should just think of this as a big holiday dinner. Sometimes it is fun and runs smoothly and sometimes the road will be bumpy and everyone won’t get along but in the end we are all CHP family.

[jrsfan]

I don't think I can say it any better than CHPWife. But, I would also like to offer myself if anyone has any questions they'd like to ask in private. I have had the benefit of learning many things from CHPWife, and I am here to share with you whatever I can. I am still a newbie in this family, but I will help anyone in any way I can. Please don't ever hesitate to ask something, there are no stupid questions when it comes to supporting your loved one through this process.