Dearest Meredith, I often fall back on a superficial comment such as 'Excellent work, I love the expression' simply because there is not enough time to say more. My hope is such cases is always that the artist appreciates the fact that I made some comment. Cut back, delete the backlog, browse the gallery to Relax, and comment sparingly, Please!!!! We will all understand! George

Dear Meredith, whatever you go to do, do it without a bad conscience! Rendoland is an amazing pool of interesting people, but the addict factor easily gets malignant and dangerous, dangerous for the community member's life! And, above all, we want YOU well and healthy - this is more important than kind replies from a half-dead Meredith.

Super Lady, light and background, wonderful combination!

Dear Meredith, you did a wonderful job on the get well card, and I belief that everybody will understand when you just delete all these e-bots and start up new! Its not good to work until you break down! So just hit that "delete" button, and take care of yourself !!! Hugz JH

I believe you should hit that delete button...you are to the point where you will never catch up and this is what you must do, for your own sanity if nothing else. Everyone will certainly understand. If I am away on holidays, it is the only thing I can do because I know I would never ever catch up so be fair to yourself - delete! Your health, both mental and physical is much more important than keeping up and commenting on every message. And I'm sending you a big hug cause I think you need one!!!

Meredith, delete them all and start off on a new path. While I certainly never had to deal with 5,000 messages I did try to at least return all comments. Even on my very small scale it ultimately proved to be more of a task than a joy and contributed a lot to my decision to no longer post any images here. This is supposed to be fun and when it reaches the point that you can't keep up with a smile on your face it's just not worth it anymore. If you are giving up sleeping, relaxing, working on what you want to do, and having trouble with your real work then this is really an easy decision. Everyone understands what's going on and will support you. Time to clean out the ebots and IM's, take a deep breath, and start fresh. Great picture by the way, I hate to see digital looking so overwhelmed but she sure is cute! Big hugs from me, too!

Hi, My name is Meredith. I am a computer holic....

Cool image very well done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm gonna' tell ya' to NOT WORRY ABOUT IT!! Easier said than done, I know! I ongoingly feel behind here in the galleries. But as you say, there is only so far one can go without interfering with "real" life. (term used loosely, since this is STILL part of real life!) I think everyone understands much more than you know! Stop beating yourself silly! Take your time!!!

I'm addicted to forums and Renderosity as well... luckily I just took my Finals and so I don't interrupt with "real" life. I think everyone understands and if they don't, they don't deserve you =) I just want to say thanks for all you have already done here, I appreciate each and every one of your comments on my images and your pix. You always have something useful to say! Well done on this but child's play for you of course. =) Good luck!

You've got to take care of yourself, Meredith. Delete the damned e-bots! And let us know what else is troubling you. You don't just sound tired. We'll help anyway we can. We sure don't want you to "walk away." You have been such a creative joy to Renderosity and a wonderful friend to everyone. Take care of yourself!!!

she looks great i love the little sadness on her face great expression keep the good art cumming take care bless you

Hi sweetie, don't get stressed! Can imagine how difficult it is to catch up and reply all those IMs... what an immense number of ebots and IMs... incredible! Just take a rest and take care of yourself! huge hugz

Dear Meredith You have such a burden on your shoulders now, but it has been building with the success of your groth in the community! It's not possible to do everything, and we all experience it from time to time, but your Get Well card would have been a good thing for the moderators to have helped with, somehow! I don't know the solution, but I do know you need some rest and some time to regenerate your energy! Please don't get yourself sick over all this... We don't want to add you to the list of those who are ill and suffering! Hugs.... Rob

Dear Meredith, don't feel guilty! Ebots are low, very low on the priority list. Your health and offline life are much more important! And as for not being an artist: your creativity and humor and technical skill seem to be unlimited, and that's what is making you a true artist! Be sure to get enough sleep, be sure to live your offline life, and those ebots, well, you'll get to them, eventually. And if you don't, we understand, we're in the same kind of pickle on a regular basis. I've got a backlog of several hundred ebots myself right now, including quite a bit of yours! Take care of yourself, hugs, Steven.

Dear Meredith! First of all, a lovely image. You sound so very overwhelmed right now and I really think you should start with a clean slate and just move forward from there. You'll feel so much better if you do that. We all love you, sweetie, and we're not going to be mad at you if you miss some images. Your well-being is much more important. You've done alot to bring the community together, and we just want you to be happy, okay? Take care!! hugs, Jen

Your good deeds are appreciated and you have touched many. It appears you need to lay your burdens down and take care of yourself. Do not burden yourself with weight that others would gladly see you not have to carry. I will say special prayers for you that you will not be troubled and find your peace.

ohh meridith you have such a big beautiful heart.. i love that about you...dont worry about it all just start from here.. too much !! .. you do so much!! and your work is so fantastic .. awwes she looks sad and upset poor meridith.. big hug from kimmer!!

A very lovely image and wonderful work :)

Try to live like most here, and youll never will have to answer "5000" messages at all. That means, dont write to "8000" first that "5000" send you a reply. Without your weblog-stories and your messages "come and see this "http-my own work" not the half of the viewers had noticed it. So smooth down yourself, and find the right balance!

Dearest Meredith, you have a heart that is so big it stretches throughout this community, to everyone who knows you....we know you have a heart of gold and no one blames you for being behind..we all get behind at times because there just is not enought minutes in a day...someone needs to fix that!!!!LOL!! Just do what you can..that is all anyone can do!! I too am trying to play catch-up..I didnt even get to post a Seeds of Love image..because of deadlines I have to meet..so..all of us gets behind sometimes...it will be OK!!! :) HUGS Chrissy :)

Meredith...im sure all of us here understand..we know what kind of person you are...and we all get behind..rend is slow, you know! dont sweat the small stuff! Im always playing 'catch up"..as most of us here do... relax, keep smiling., and know that we are all friends here...dont worry!! hugs sweetie!!

Dont you worry Meredith!! We all understand...and we all cant be in 4million places at once. Im still playing catch up, and I have only missed a day!! Again, dont worry, pace yourself, and remember that we should have a little fun along the way..You are such a sweety, dont be so hard on yourself!!! Laura

Excellent image capturing your mood, I know where you're coming from. Some advice... please don't let an online hobby take over your life, then it becomes a job and no longer a hobby, and you'll end up pulling the plug. I ran a graphical chat world for many years, which started as a hobby till it took over every waking hour, and I burnt out completely, and had to take a 3 month break from online. The world still runs but I stay away except for maintenance. I am trying very hard not to let my new poser addiction do the same thing. I would love to comment on every image in the gallery but I would have to quit my job, stop cleaning my house, and no longer have time to create images:) You can't do it all, there isn't enough time in the day. Relax and do what you can and get some sleep:)

Meredith, I hope you are doing ok. You are such a sweet and generous person. I hope that everything works out for you. Take time for yourself and things will start balance out for you.

Sweet Meredith, No doubt in all our minds that you have a very giving and caring soul and whats so admirable is that you dont expect anything back and that alone speaks volumes about your character. So often, caregivers take care of everybody around them except themselves. Dear Meredith, give to yourself, let others around you give back to you..you deserve it..You are a true artist Meredith..you can create something out of nothing..remember that..(((Hugs)))

Awesome composition and pose ! Wonderful expression and background ! Excellent work !!! V

Sweet Meredith when I saw your work at the very first beginning I thought there is something wrong - after reading your words my sympathy for you was growing again! Don't worry about IMs and images. What you have done for us in the past is glorious and people don't understand that you can't spend your whole day just for us, they're definately on the wrong place and not your friends. We don't want to lose you. If you read all the comments here you can see how much we all love you! Meredith take your rest, take care of yourself and don't worry about us. We all stand behind you!!! Big Hugs Roland

Je douvre ta galerie : ficitations pour toutes ces excellentes rlisations !!! V

Meredith, nuke everything! Everybody knows who you are and everybody likes you. Simple. Even Queen Elizabeth doesn't answer her mail personally. Just come here to have a good time. Spend an evening spoiling the boss and yourself. And, by the way, apart from your many other talents...yes, you are an artist. Delete now.