I've always had a constant struggle with appreciating the people in my life while they were there in the moment. They always had to be one foot out of the door before I could recognize what they meant to me, but I know I'm not the only one guilty of these actions because everyone takes things for granted.
To my boss, thank you for constantly encouraging me to do better in my life and although it seems like you're a football coach, I thank you for giving me motivation that I did not have.
To my best friends, thank you for making good decisions for me even if they weren't what I wanted to hear or do. Thank you for pulling me out of sticky situations as if you were ripping the gum off the bottom of your new sneakers. I know that sometimes it seems like I may not appreciate you, but I do, because without you, I wouldn't be the woman that I am today. Thank you for picking me up like a child who has fallen off of her bike and cannot stand on her own. Thank you for being my entire back bone and always listening to me rant about things you most likely didn't want to hear about. Thank you for understanding me most of all, thank you for listening to everything I've ever had to say to you and taking the time to comprehend and interpret it. Thank you for dealing with my negativity, I know sometimes I'm not the best but I want to thank you because without your positivity, I would still be negative. Thank you for driving thirty minutes just to pick me up whenever I was upset. I thank you tons.
To any ex lover who constantly lingers in my life or is out of my life, I thank you. I'm not an easy person to deal with and I've probably said some pretty messed up things and I thank you for dealing with that when you didn't have to. Thank you for showing me that I don't need a man to love myself. I never did. Thank you for showing me that I am more important than a man ever will be. You taught me not to consume my life with one person and I thank you. You also taught me not to fill every fiber of my body with love for you or any other eighteen-year-old boy. You taught me how to pick myself up because you couldn't pick me up. Thank you for showing me pain because I wouldn't have found true happiness without your suffering.
To my grandmother, you are my sunshine. You motivate me to do everything I have ever done. It's hard to imagine that you won't live forever but I wish you would because your advice and care can't be found just in just anyone, thank you for always answering your phone when I call and listening to me rant, I thank you. I thank you for the quick lunch runs and happy moments we share.
Thank you to all of these main support systems in my life; I publicly thank you.
