Happy things happen,
Grateful-making things.
Sweetness happens and kindness happens
And fulfilment happens.
And then I say Thank You —
But sometimes only inside my head,
And I wish I were better about saying
It aloud, about writing it down,
About Sharing the Thank You.
So, I’ll share it today.
Thank you to those who live inside this house.
Thank you for loving each other,
For laughing together
And for helping each other.
For standing up and Doing The Thing.
For being my constant source of Happy Things.
Thank you to those who are ALL my family,
Through birth and choice and circumstance.
You make me better and you bring me things to think about.
You give and give and smile and smile.
You say the right things, even the hard ones.
You are good, family.
Thank you to those who stand on the other side of my writing.
You readers.
What’s a writer without a reader, anyway?
Not much. And so I thank you for reading.
For commenting.
For suggesting.
For writing back.
Thank you.
Thank you.
(10) Comments for this blog
Love it! <3 <3 <3
Love it! <3 <3 <3
I loved the one about family in choice and circumstance. Sometimes it’s the people I choose to be my family that grow closest to me. (Not that I don’t love the rest of them.)
Such a beautiful, heart-full post. Love you, Becca.
I loved the one about family in choice and circumstance. Sometimes it’s the people I choose to be my family that grow closest to me. (Not that I don’t love the rest of them.)
Such a beautiful, heart-full post. Love you, Becca.
I adore you! And I know how you feel. We get all this support and kindness – often from strangers – and I for one often ask myself, “Why? Why are these people so willing to invest in me and the little things I’m doing? How did I ever earn their confidence, and how could I ever possibly thank them enough?”
I adore you! And I know how you feel. We get all this support and kindness – often from strangers – and I for one often ask myself, “Why? Why are these people so willing to invest in me and the little things I’m doing? How did I ever earn their confidence, and how could I ever possibly thank them enough?”
I’ve been missing my blog connections lately. I need to fire them back up.
And THANK YOU for being you.
I’ve been missing my blog connections lately. I need to fire them back up.
And THANK YOU for being you.
I love this! I am like Melanie, I have been missing the places I used to visit. The brief moments I got to be away with people I felt would understand me if I ever got to meet them in person.
I love this! I am like Melanie, I have been missing the places I used to visit. The brief moments I got to be away with people I felt would understand me if I ever got to meet them in person.