B: Ben

I have never been more thankful for anyone like this.

It’s hard to believe that the kid I used to dread seeing coming into work is now the person I’ll be spending the rest of my life with. I know that everyone comes with baggage, but sometimes I feel like I come with more than most. Ben has been so supportive of counseling, he was the final push that got me to go. He has supported me every step of the way with my schooling, even when it was painful to do so. He is the most patient person I know. Not just like normal patient, but like…well this kind: We’ve been watching a lot of Alzheimer’s videos in my class lately and there always seems to be one case of a wife with progressed dementia and a patient husband who won’t put her in a home. This case always makes me tear up, because I know that’s how he’d be with me. Weird example, but the closest thing to eternally patient as I can get.

He’s the only person I’ve ever been completely vulnerable with, the only person I’d ever trust that much. Thank you babe, for always being the one person I could completely depend upon. I love you.

attempts to be thankful

This month has been rough. Really rough. Actually, the roughest since Master’s as if that were possible.

Yesterday, Ben used the words “beaten-upon,” and “tired” to describe how I’ve made him feel since starting back on Monday. I always worry about my amount of complaining, since my sense of humor is cynical. I knew then that I had hit that filler amount. So I’m going to be trying to be more mindful of what I have to be thankful for. I read a mom’s blog on typepad and she was doing this ABC thing, so I think I’ll steal that from her.

A: APU

I am so thankful for this school. I am so thankful I’ve been able to stay here for all 4 years, that I’ll be graduating in May 2009. I’m most thankful for the SW department, for my peers as well as faculty. It’s almost like being back at ACA in that aspect; teachers who pull me aside to make sure I’m doing okay when I step out of class too often. Teachers who’ll cry with me unabashedly. I’m thankful for Paula, Mary, Kaitlyn, Ashley, Allison, Caitlyn, Katie, all the people who have reached out to me in the past 4 weeks. So thankful.