Dear friends,

After nine years, 868 posts, and more than 20,000 comments, ProjectHappilyEverAfter.com will come to an end by the close of August.

I’ve learned so much from all of you, and I thank you for that. Your comments and emails have opened my eyes and taught me so much. When I was disillusioned, you helped me to find clarity. When I was depressed, you cheered me up.

When I was suffering with dry skin, you sent me handmade lotions.

When my coffee maker broke, you sent me an Aeropress.

I could go on, but the point is this: You all rock. You seriously do.

I’ve had the wonderful opportunity to meet many of you over the years and now feel blessed to call some of you my friends.

At the same time, it’s not easy to maintain a blog. Every single day, spammers leave hundreds of silly comments that no one wants to read. When I don’t remove the spam fast enough, someone chews me out about it. I have been stalked. I have been called names that I will not repeat, and it all costs money (about $150 a month for hosting and e-newsletter fees).

But the real reason I am calling it quits is this: my priorities have shifted. When I started this site, I was filled with inspiration. Every single day, I felt driven to write posts about marriage, and I wrote them from a very personal place. Lately, however, I’ve become a much more private person. I just can’t justify dragging my family through the muck of the Internet.

But I dismantle this site with some regrets. One of them is that four close friends recently wrote awesome books, and I told all of them that I would post about them here. I never got around to writing about any of them. Bad me. Make me feel better about myself by checking them out. Here are my teasers for each.

How is it possible to live in 480 square feet without ditching your spouse or, at the very least, getting in a daily fight about whose stuff goes where? Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell has the answer.
What do you do if your parent is a narcissist? Meredith Resnick will tell you.
Can Chinese Philosophy teach you anything about the good life? Christine Gross-Loh says it definitely can.
How do you raise a child with a strong immune system? And which vaccines does your child need? Jennifer Margulis offers a unique take.

There. Guilt be gone.

Well, almost.

Here’s another regret. I don’t want to say goodbye. You all have become dear to me. (Well, with the exception of the people who call me names and tell me that my writing is worse than cheap toilet paper). I’d love for you to keep in touch. You can find me on Facebook and Twitter. I encourage you to like and follow me so we can continue the conversation that we started here.

Alisa 
 
PS. Here’s a photo I took on my vacation. I hope it brings you a sense of awe.

 

Learn more about Alisa's book, the story of how she went from wishing her husband dead to falling back in love.

To find out how the book has changed lives click here.

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