There and Back Again

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Good morning, everyone.

This morning, Christina Morse said her goodbyes to our Following Atticus Facebook page after a decade of helping. 

Atticus, Paige, and I first met Christina and her husband Mike on a hike to Middle Moat more than ten years ago. It was during that wondrous fifteen-day first date Paige and I shared; seven years after she shipped a singular five-pound soul north to live with me.

Strangely, the next time we all encountered each other was on Paige’s and my twelve-day second date. Once again, we were above treeline. It was Paige’s first four-thousand-footer and it was snow-capped Mount Pierce. 

Through the years I’ve had a handful of extraordinary moderators who helped grow the Following Atticus page from less than 4,000 to the more than 230,000 it is now. Christina ended up being the one who stayed the longest. 

Goodbyes are not easy for either of us. Thankfully, we’re not saying goodbye to our friendship. What I am doing is moving forward to a new way of communicating w…