I'm generally someone who is pretty terrible at expressing how they feel. Which means I don't express my gratitude towards my support system as much as I should. Sure if they do something at that moment I say thank you, but I never take the time to express how much I appreciate everything that they do for me. Now that the school year is over, there's a lot of gratitude that needs to be expressed.

Thank you to my family for constantly being excited about everything I was doing in school. It kept me excited throughout the whole school year. And thank you for constantly being proud of my accomplishments, even if I felt that they were minimal. That constant boost of appraisal was something that I really needed when I got stressed about classes, or thinking of changing my major, or really anything that could cause me stress. You guys kept reminding me about why I was doing this, and helped kept me focused on my goals.

Thank you to my siblings for sending me pictures of our pets. I don't really know if sending me pictures of our dogs really counts as support, but I really appreciated it. I love our dogs and you all knew that and made sure I wasn't missing them too much. And when I got pictures of them when I was stressing out about a test, it helped improve my mood. I was a little less cranky, and a little more happy. So thank you I know you guys thought it was a little dorky that I wanted pictures of the dogs, but you did it anyways with minimal teasing. You da bomb.

To my friends, thanks for liking me. Like seriously, my family is basically stuck with me. But you guys chose to be stuck with me. Thanks for being proud of my accomplishments, it's one thing to make your family proud, but making your friends proud? That feels pretty amazing. Thank you for always being there for me, I honestly got so lucky with all of you. If I was struggling with something personal, you guys would check in on me and see how I was doing. You all know that I have a family member right now that is really sick and it helps a lot to have you guys check in on how they're doing. It means a lot that I have that support outside of my family, and that you all care so much to check in as often as you do. Thanks for always being there for me.

Thank you to everyone that has supported me this past year, and well, any year, really. I know I don't say it enough, but I really appreciate it.