Thank You

Often times we don't take the time to be thankful for the things that have happened and made us the people we are. There are so many things that have molded me into the person I am. I'd like to give thanks to those things and people. Those of you who know me well know this will be laced with sugar and salt.

Thank you to my amazing parents. Without you I wouldn't be alive. I couldn't have been given the opportunities to accomplish the things I have in life. You could have put your pregnant 15 year old daughter on the street, but you chose to support me and help me. Thank you, I love you!

Speaking of being 15 and pregnant, thank you to my friends who were there. Thank you to the "friends" who abandoned me and chose not to be my friend. You taught me how to make new friends and how to have thick skin. Thank you even more to the friends who stood beside me and to the people who stepped up to the plate and became my friend. Those who took a lower grade in PE so I didn't have to walk the track alone, the people who continued to eat lunch with me, and the ones who went in to a panic when I was close to my due date and they couldn't find me.

Thank you to my girlfriends. You've always been there to help me pick up the pieces of my life when they've fallen apart. You've made me laugh, cry, think, you've made me realize that maybe I'm not as screwed up as I thought. We've been through so much together and have so much more to do.

To the "fake friends" I really can only say Bite me Bitches! But again you made me remember to have thick skin. Without you I may have forgotten not to trust everyone who tells you they are trustworthy. And jealousy is one ugly monster that will consume you if not careful.

Thank you to all the boyfriends, both good and bad. The bad ones taught me how I didn't want to be treated, how to stand up for myself and how not to be controlled. You only had as much power over me as I gave you, and I took back all my power. To all the good ones, thank you for teaching me how I deserved to be treated and for helping rebuilding my self esteem. I'm sure those we not easy tasks.

Thank you to my beautiful children. They have taught me the most. I've learned how to love unconditionally, how to laugh at myself, how to be silly, and to conquer my fears. Everyday I learn something new about myself through them. Because of them I learned to grow up and that everything is not about me. I now understand the meaning of sacrifice and have no problems doing it.

Thank you to everyone in my life. You are there for a reason. People come in and out of your life to a reason, you may not always understand why. Often you may never know their purpose, but there is a lesson in everyone of us.