Hi everyone!
First of all, I want to wish everyone a Happy New Year! It has been a long time since I return to work. Even though I did work part-time on the first 2 months and only on the last 2 months that I decided to go offline completely on my 4-month sabbatical leave, it still feels like I have been away for over a year.
I like to thank my customers, who have been very understanding and compassionate toward my reasons for taking such a long leave of absence and not being able to be there for them when they needed my help. I wish I could be more freely available as I have been for years. Unfortunately, someone in my family, who is very dear to my heart, has suddenly fallen ill and has been hospitalized during this period. Being the primary caregiver, it became close to impossible for me to continue my work online when I had to spend almost 11 hours everyday at the hospital. It became too stressful for me. Given my nursing background, I am the only person in my family who can ensure that my beloved person gets the best care and is not lost in translation at the hospital. Besides, my family has been very supportive of whatever I do for all these years, it is the right thing that I be there for them when they most needed me. That is why I had to take the leave for 4 months, give up my opportunity to earn income, and accompany my dearest person toward the final journey of life.
Although the person remains hospitalized to this day and will never recover due to cancer and poor prognosis, at least the condition has finally stabilized for the past 2 weeks. Since present situation is not as stressful as before, perhaps it is alright for me to finally return to work. 
So I am officially returning to work starting Monday, January 18, 2010. It is unlikely that I will work full-time hours due to my continual family situation. At least, my website will resume to accepting online psychic reading requests and process online payments as before beginning January 18, 2010. 
Looking forward to serving my clients once again!
Sincerely,
Essie
