Thank you for all that you have put me through. Thank you for teaching me perfection isn't real and that I need to learn to love myself before anyone else can. The journey I've been on over the past four years of my life has been an emotional rollercoaster; and I am thankful for all the hardships I was put through.

Over the past four years I have lost two grandparents, three friends and a teacher, and all of these people were sent to heaven above to keep me safe. Life's not fair, thats the most important lesson I have learned over the years. Life will chew you up and spit you back out again, what matters is how you handle yourself throughout all of that.

Thank you for teaching me just how strong I am. The proudest thing I can say that I have accomplished is that I have overcome my depression. It took me years to be able to say that, so thank you. Thank you for making me feel like I wasn't good enough, Thank you for making me think I was crazy when I had an anxiety attack. Thank you for telling me that I am better than people think.

For the longest time, I hated this journey I have been on. I woke up everyday just hoping that today would be the day it was the end. The truth is... the journey never really ends; well not until I die at least. I know I'm only on the 19th chapter of this book called life, but it feels like I have been through enough pain, suffering, and disaster to last me 50 years. I now know that everything happens for a reason, and life is a precious gift.

Thank you for teaching me I am good enough to make people happy. Thank you for teaching me I am more than just a sport, or a good grade, or a pretty picture. Thank you for telling me that I can do anything I want to in this life if it makes me happy. Thank you for teaching me that my family doesn't actually hate me; they just want to see me succeed in whatever I chose to do. Thank you for showing me what it's like to fall in love by blessing me with the family members who love their spouse unconditionally.

You have pushed me past my limits and boundaries; you've forced me to establish new ones. And for that, I am forever grateful. I am appriciative that you taught me that life isn't worth giving up, and that no matter what happens in this world, someone will always love me. You have taught me that I truly matter to the world, which was something i struggled with for so long.

You taught me that I am more than a mental illness, I am more than a medication I am taking, I am more than the scars on my body. You have taught me my self-worth. You have taught me that it[s not a bad life, it's just a bad day. You have taught me how to go to bed and wake up the next morning and push through for the people that can't. You have blessed me with people who know exactly how I feel by the look on my face, and you have taught them how to take care of me when I don't know how to take care of myself.