A Heartfelt Thank You

I've been getting a lot of lessons in thankfulness lately. I've never been more grateful for my family and the way that we band together and are there for each other. I'm so very grateful for Mike who teaches me more every day about strength and faith than I ever knew I could learn. I'm grateful for every hug and smile that comes from my baby. He's a gift. He's taught me more about unconditional love than I would have ever learned without him. I'm grateful for Steve, our brother and friend, who has grown so much since I first met him. He's shown me the best examples of selflessness and loyalty I've ever seen.

In all of this, though, I realized that there are a lot of people online that I'm grateful for, and I wanted to say thank you for just being you and accepting me for who I am.

C, you may not even realize it, but you helped me so much the other day. Friday, I was in such a black mood, I can't even begin to describe it (and I really don't wanna). I said I was in a bad mood or having a shitty day or whatever it was, and when I said I didn't want to talk about it, you didn't make a stink. You know those scenes in movies where one character will just sit in silence with another character who's going through something, and there's this...silent comraderie, I guess? Running the mission or two that we did was like that. It was easy and unpressured. Small respite between crying sessions. Thank you.

There've been countless blessings like this in the last month from a lot of you, and I want to thank you all for them; particularly, Amber, Terry, Sam, Alan, Mal, Kurtis (not an in game person, but he warrants mention as an online person) and a buncha Pingus (especially Drizz and that rep-shattering info he gave me). Sometimes, it's just little comments or moments that shored me up a little bit, and sometimes, it's been teaming up for missions or understanding when I wasn't able to make firm plans or...oh, a lotta things. :)

A friend of mine asked me once why someone who was depressed or upset would play a video game. Well, darlin, I gotta tell you, people like these are a good part of it.

And, it don't hurt to spend a little time beating the snot outta something when you can't beat up on a fluxuating economy or a medical condition. :P

Okay, enough sappy stuff!