I too wonder about Buddy, how he might be doing and have done so before. Since I joined the forum, I have seen him very active here and now he isn't any more since quite some time. Hope, everything is being OK.
I can also relate to Loreta, that I tend to think about forum members who have not been active here. Every reason may be possible for this. Sometimes they may just choose to go "into the wild", learn there and come back later, with plenty of new experiences (pleasant and unpleasant alike). Or they "ultimately" decided, the forum is not their place... But how can they/one know?
I for one had been "out in the wild", so to speak, for two years and only dropped a thanks here and then for a session with the Cs. Or I wished Laura a happy birthday. However, I had in mind to come back to the forum, at some point in the future, when I found myself to be more "suitable" or have "sorted out" my life better. And I justified bad decisions I had made during these two years, just as like: "Ok, I am going wild now and the forum doesn't look at me!" I have hurt me and other people during that time, and let other people hurt me as well. But yet I continued to read the forum, articles on SOTT and the "Wave" and - at least sometimes, I think, - tried to use concepts I have come to know via the forum. Often I failed, I think, as I have the "old me" and General Law taken the better of me and have not called any such concepts (of Work etc.) into my mind. Well, without the network, I was easy prey to hurt others and myself. But I think, I learned a lot during this time or at least have been made aware of many things, that need/ed yet to be learned by me.
The "future" of my return came along in January, especially with the incident in France and combat going on in Eastern Ukraine (and other things as well). I was thinking: "Oh, I think I cannot stand by any longer! I may not be "suitable" yet and fall, but I will try as a Work in process with the possibility to fall and stand up again." Singing in a gospel choir in my leisure time, I often had the song "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child" in mind around that time, with the text: "Sometimes I feel like a motherless child - a long way from home..." (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NDwW8onaoA) Have returned home and been accepted, although still with so much "dirt". And I am so really thankful for it. Sorry if I may have hijacked this thread, but I thought it might be okay to share my experience regarding my own absence here...