Thank you for ramen night.

Thank you for visits from friends.

Thank you for frozen watermelon slushies with lime and mint on hot days.

Thank you for when there is phone and internet here at the house. Thank you for when there isn’t, so I get a break from it.

Thank you for unlimited therapy sessions covered by insurance with a $15 co-pay, and for Elizabeth who helped me figure out how to make the first appointment today.

Thank you for the people who know me, who trust my integrity and look up to me.

Thank you for healthy options when feeling dazed, confused, delusional, etc., and unsure what to say or do. Thank you for hard work put in to be well.

Thank you for willingness to communicate and trust even when it’s risky.

Thank you for cold, clean drinking water in the fridge.

Thank you for the moonlight tonight.

Thank you for David (high school friend) and his family (wife and daughter) visiting next month around my birthday. They were nice enough to invite me with them for a day at the beach when they are in town.

Thank you for when life feels overwhelming and self-talk is there as a reminder that it isn’t always like this.

Thank you for the prospect of not having to move for a few years (we’ll see). Thank you for stability and security. Even if those are both sort of illusions in some sense, in another sense they’re sort of real.

Thank you for opportunities that take time to reveal themselves.

Thank you for Peaches’ love.

Thank you for comfy sleepwear.

Thank you for pooping on coconuts.

Thank you for quiet country nights.

Thank you for sweepy.

Thank you for chocolate.

Thank you for the neighbors in ABQ who ask about me. I miss you.

Thank you for neighbors here who make this place memorable and warm. You sustain me.

Thank you for pillows.

Thank you for goodnights. I hope you are well <3