To My Friends and Family

First of all, thank you.

Thank you to those who pray for me.

Thank you to those who love me.

Thank you to those who drive me places when my tags expire.

Thank you to those who buy me food when I am flat broke.

Thank you that you do not judge me.

Thank you to those who pull me aside and give it to me straight.

Thank you to those who worry about me... I wish you didn't have to so much.

Thank you for forgiving me for missing your wedding
or party
or shower
or bible study
or coffee date.

Thank you for still being my friend after I've screwed up.

Thank you for still sharing your life with me.

Thank you for accepting my wild ideas
and sometimes eccentric behavior.

Thank you for following me up a mountain.

Thank you for pushing me to go to the gym
(and giving me 95 lbs to bench...)

Thank you for understanding that I don't have it all together
or worked out
and that my heart
and life
are broken.

God is mending these things but
it takes time and
sometimes I
get in the way.

Thank you to my family and my Target family, my oldest friends and my new ones, church friends, college friends, roommates and workmates. I don't know what I do to deserve you but I am
so grateful
nonetheless.