Thank You.

November 25th, 2011 § 1 Comment

The thing that I am most thankful for is all of the people who get me and appreciate me and love me.

To my co-workers, or rather, my fellow team members, the expression that I appear to wear at work can be misinterpreted as a scowl when really, it’s determination. I think if you’re around me long enough you understand that. Despite being my own brand of hypocrite, and having my own moments of contradiction and failed attempts at rising above, I am determined to be the best version of myself that I possibly can and I just want all of you to do and be the same because whether you or I like it or not, you all share a piece of my heart.

Except you.

You know who you are.

To my in-laws, you’ve all opened your arms to me wider than I could have ever asked for. Your daughter/sister/aunt surprised you all with her tale of this Canadian boy she had just met on the internet and was to smuggle across the border and spend the rest of her life with and while you may have had your reservations (because, come on, that’s crazy) you made a place in your hearts for me, just as I have for you.

Because, come on, we’re all a little crazy.

To my family, well, you don’t have much of a choice but to appreciate me because you’re my blood, but that doesn’t mean I think any of you feel obligated to love me. I know you love me because you want to and you can’t help it, just as I love you. You are my foundation, my basement, and no matter how much you may leak at times, you’ll always be the safest place to be during a storm.

Earthquakes though?

Not so much.

But that’s why I have a wife. An amazing, understanding, caring, thoughtful, patient, beautiful woman to be my doorway when the ground starts to shake. To be my beacon of light when the seas begin to churn. To be my sunshine when it rains one too many days in a row and my rain when there’s way too much sun. I am thankful that I couldn’t sleep for the nth time that night when I crossed paths with that adorable face of yours on Livejournal. You are the best thing that has ever happened to me and you will always be the best thing that will ever happen to me because for the rest of our lives, what happens to me is because of you and the person I strive to be because of you.

You aren’t just the world to me, you are the universe.

Ever expanding.

Always blowing my mind.

And I can’t wait to explore every millimetre of you for eternity, because lets face it, extraterrestrials even use the metric system.

Thank you for being you.

I love you.

And of course, even though she can’t read this, I can’t forget the sillyface monkey nose. You’re fluffy and adorable and one strange puppyface. You’re loyal and love me unconditionally because that’s just what puppies do. I strongly believe that if you knew what a gun was, you’d be the first to take a bullet for me, and that, my canine friend, is love.