SomeoneSays has been online since April 2004, offering an anonymous forum to share a thought, to rant, to rage, to confess, to offer an idea, or simply to state a feeling. Often we are obliged to suppress what we hold true for the sensitivities of others, or we keep quiet through fear of being misunderstood. Sometimes we have a feeling but don’t yet have enough words for a conversation, or really just have not to talk with. SomeoneSays’ creator, Eileen MacQueen, envisioned this site as being an opportunity to throw things out there, a chance to share our secrete joys, or to find relief admitting a guilt, or the liberation that can come from merely knowing we’ve said a thing. In the Fall of 2010 Eileen was diagnosed with relapsed leukemia and through the daily grind of treatment gained strength by looking ahead to the many things she planned to do once she came out the other end. She took aspiration from thinking of old projects she wished to develop further and imagining many new things she envisioned diving into. SomeoneSays was re-designed in December 2010 for Eileen’s planned revival, however her condition unexpectedly deteriorated over the holidays and she passed away January 13 2011 before having a chance to see the new look. One of many interests Eileen day-dreamed about during those hospital days, SomeoneSays is really a small thing, and a wonderfully simple thing too – It is the chance to talk even if no one wants to hear it, to should what you want to share, to be heard for what you can only whisper. And in honor of Eileen, we will continue to keep the light on. |