I Thank Myself.

I think that just as we tend to forget to thank the people who have helped us, we forget to thank ourselves.

I thank myself for

• Starting a journal in earnest when I was 15
• Writing poems and stories
• Marrying Josh
• Having Oliver
• Nursing Oliver for 13 months
• Applying to Queens University's MFA program
• Asking Alan Michael Parker to be my thesis advisor
• Forgiving as much as I can
• Forgiving myself as much as I can
• Learning to type (Mavis Beacon!)
• Working hard in school
• Making friends with Melissa
• Asking Bruce to carpool to work
• Watching so many movies
• Collecting pens and journals, so I always have a selection on hand
• Opening my heart--every time I've done it
• Going to therapy
• Going to a psychiatrist
• Setting up everything Oliver needs
• Being brave