As the eight years of the most influential President I have ever known comes to an end, I wanted to take a moment to thank both him and his family for changing the world and for making it what it is today.

Dear Obama family,

When you entered office in 2009, I was in the early years of being a "tween". I didn't fully understand why it was such a big deal that a black man was running for office. All I knew was that it was going to be different and maybe different was good. Maybe we needed different. I remember going to bed that night and my mom coming into my room and saying, "He won. He won. Barack Obama is our new President!"

Whenever you speak, there is something about it that I find comforting. There's power, there's dignity, there's strength, and there's leadership. I knew that you were going to do great things.

Every person you met, you gave them respect. Despite the difficulties that there might be between the United States, foreign countries, and their leaders, you handled it with such class.

You have been hated on since the beginning and throughout your presidency, you stayed composed. People said that Obama was going to take the guns away, make America worse than what it was before. That wasn't the case. In the eight years, you have been the leader of the free world, you have changed the world. You have brought the economy back up from the crisis it was in, calmed us when there were shootings throughout the United States, gave aid during international crisis', defended Planned Parenthood, shown your support for gay marriage, and have given health care for those who didn't have access. You have served as President through the United States' most fragile time. There has been nothing but respect given to the people by you and your family.

Michelle, you have become such a role model for not only young women around the country but men as well. You have taught us how to live a fun and healthy life through your speeches. You have shown how much we should care about our education. You have changed the school system by bringing in healthy options and getting rid of many unhealthy ones. You have taught the world that women should not be sexualized for their bodies and that we can accomplish anything we set our minds to. You have taught the world to not let people change us. That, "when they go low, we go high".

Your daughters have shown the world how to act in the public eye. That even though their father is the most powerful man in the world, they're still just normal girls. They still hang out with friends, go to concerts, and have a good time.

Thank you, for all your family has done for this country and world. You all have single handily changed the world for the better. You will truly be missed.

Thank you,

From all of us