Thank You...

These last couple days, I have been consumed with overwhelming gratitude for the many blessings that God has placed in my life. I truly believe that I am one of the luckiest girls in the world, but I'm not sure if I've ever really taken the time to thank the people who mean the most to me. This may be cliche, and you may find this boring. If you do then feel free to exit out. I mean, really, very few people read this blog, and the people I'm about to thank will probably never see this, but if I had the time to actually thank each of these people, this is what I'd say....

Mom

Thank you for giving me your eyes. Thank you for leaving the light on downstairs and tucking me in every night growing up. Thank you for giving me a reason to be homesick when I came to college. Thank you for being the strongest woman I know. Thank you for instilling in me a firm sense of independence and a fiery determination. Thank you for raising two teenage girls basically on your own. Thank you for being my hero.

Gary

Thank you for making my breakfast and coffee in the mornings before school. Thank you for buying me the Rascal Flatts CD at midnight so that I wouldn't have to go. Thank you for bringing me bobby pins at school when I thought my hair looked bad. Thank you for loving my mom. Thank you for coming into our lives just when we needed you most. Thank you for making me a better person each and every day. 

Emily

Thank you for being my little sister. Thank you for sleeping in my room with me until I wasn't scared to sleep alone. Thank you for stealing my clothes. Thank you for never wanting to be in pictures and making me force you. Thank you for calling me when someone is mean to you. Thank you for letting me take up for you. Thank you for calling me every time you got your ACT scores back. Thank you for making me so proud. 

Whitney

Thank you for calling me your big sister. Thank you for calling me when you need someone to talk to. Thank you for having such a beautiful voice. Thank you for playing your guitar for me and calling when you learn a new song. Thank you for trying out all the mascaras for me. Thank you for being a better person than I'll ever be. Thank you for letting God's light shine through you each and every day. Thank you for looking up to me. Thank you for never giving up on me.

Brock

Thank you for helping me carry my Rice Krispies inside on National Honor Society inductions day my senior year. Thank you for being my best friend ever since. Thank you for going shoe shopping with me. Thank you for riding around town with me, flipping coins to see which way we should turn. Thank you for answering my calls no matter what time it is and listening to me cry. Thank you for reassuring me that I am beautiful and smart whenever I start to doubt myself. 

Sarah Beth

Thank you for letting me sit on you before you were born. :) Thank you for being a best friend since birth. Thank you for putting on scary make-up with me and dressing up like Grandma and Pop. Thank you for visiting Scottsboro every summer. Thank you for moving in with me this year. Thank you for fixing me dinner when I've had a long day. Thank you for helping me pick out my clothes and for letting me steal yours. Thank you for being my mom away from home.

Leah

Thank you for being my long lost cousin. Thank you for becoming a ZTA and being in my bump group. Thank you for being a big ray of sunshine every single day. Thank you for calling me when you're crying and letting me help. Thank you for letting me give you devotionals and talk about God.Thank you for singing Shania Twain and Dixie Chicks at the top of your lungs with me. Thank you for visiting Scottsboro and Stevarinos, even though you got lost. Thank you for coming to pick me up whenever I need you (even when I lay on the gear shift.) Thank you for always putting me in my place when I need it most. Thank you for being exactly who I wish I could be. 

Brooke

Thank you for living across the street. Thank you for turning all of Bellefonte Estates into our own magical world growing up. Thank you for riding bikes, scooters, and golfcarts with me. Thank you for coming over every Christmas morning. Thank you for being such a good writer. Thank you for making me sob at your Memory Day thinking about how much I was gonna miss you. Thank you for being another little sister to me.

Holley

Thank you for being my best friend since fifth grade. Thank you for having a secret Zac Efron notebook for our notes in high school. Thank you for driving me everywhere before I had a car. Thank you for letting me practically live with you and claim your mother as my second mom. Thank you for dating best friends with me...twice. Thank you for being there for me through every single breakdown I've ever had. Thank you for having every class with me this year. Thank you for knowing all my secrets and being the only person I can talk to about anything and everything.

Riley

Thank you for starting a blog with me. Thank you for loving quotes and songs just as much as I do. Thank you for being such a good cook. Thank you for jamming out to Avril Lavigne in the car with me. Thank you for having tons and tons of long conversations with me. Thank you for throwing rocks with me. Thank you for doing Taebo. Thank you for wanting to go on a mission trip. Thank you for being wise beyond your years. Thank you for being one of the bravest, strongest people I know.

Lauren

Thank you for being my first new best friend at Auburn. Thank you for being that weird girl on the bus at New Member Retreat, only to become my roommate and soulmate. Thank you for bringing me flowers when I'm sad. Thank you for being just as random and odd as I am. Thank you for hating mushy gushy couples and people who walk around smiling all the time. Thank you for always being willing to go out and have a good time. Thank you for being willing to do absolutely anything for me. Thank you for giving me enough reasons to love you that I could make a list that's quickly approaching 100.

Julia

Thank you for looking like Barbie. Thank you for being my partner at Camp War Eagle. Thank you for running up to me at rush. Thank you for pledging the same sorority. Thank you for having sleepovers with me once a week last year. Thank you for letting me drive you everywhere while you didn't have a car. Thank you for taking me to the Cumming fair and showing me around your big ole town. Thank you for being my roommate and sharing our own little cubby this year. Thank you for letting me steal your clothes. Thank you for having a devil cat. Thank you for being the most caring, sweet, crazy diva I have ever met. ;)

Kasey

Thank you for being my random roommate from Guntersville. Thank you for being such a good dancer. Thank you for making my first year at Auburn WONDERFUL. Thank you for having family dinners with me. Thank you for laying out in the grass to the side of our apartment. Thank you for always listening to my whining and complaining. Thank you for still wanting to be my roommate for another year. Thank you for fighting with me then making up. Thank you for being one of the most genuine, helpful people I've ever met.

Robert

Thank you for being my football crush before we ever met. Thank you for letting me be that creepy girl who knew you were in her chemistry class and really wanted to meet you. Thank you for txting me on Maegan's 21st birthday. Thank you for coming to the Halloween party with me. Thank you for being a bad txter ever since. Thank you for making me give up on not dating anyone. Thank you for showing me that not all guys are jerks. Thank you for letting me be a weird, pouty, princess. Thank you for letting me be me.