A letter to God –

Thank you for the hardships.

Thank you for early mornings.

Thank you for wonder.

Thank you for music that makes us feel.

Thank you for tension.

Thank you for patterns that we don't see.

Thank you for communal laughter.

Thank you for tears.

Thank you for culture that's seeking.

Thank you for simplicity.

Thank you for ease of access.

Thank you for health.

Thank you for sickness.

Thank you for what we don't have yet.

Thank you for the human experience.

Thank you for reference points.

Thank you for bursts of inspiration.

Thank you for dry spells.

Thank you for the sun.

Thank you for friends who don't get it.

Thank you for originality.

Thank you for those memories from my youth.

Thank you for life I've experienced.

Thank you for life I've endured.

Thank you for life.

Thank you for good food.

Thank you for extremely niche interests.

Thank you for imagination.

Thank you for high quality fabrics.

Thank you for engineers.

Thank you for the mothers that try.

Thank you for hard manual labor.

Thank you for fathers that weep.

Thank you for moments of stillness.

Thank you for friendships that move fast.

Thank you for bruises.

Thank you for dreams that intimidate.

Thank you for routines that are broken.

Thank you for comedy.

Thank you for opposing world views.

Thank you for sports.

Thank you for mud that our shoes get stuck in.

Thank you for wisdom.

Thank you for resilience.

Thank you for endurance.

Thank you for not underestimating me.

Thank you for balance.

Thank you for trends.

Thank you for small towns.

Thank you for time.

Thank you for individuality.

Thank you for things we don't need.

Thank you for fruit not vegetables.

Thank you for the word "ivory."

Thank you for glimpses of good when it's bad.

Thank you for saying yes.

Thank you for maturity.

Thank you for our own pace.

Thank you for empathy.

Thank you for the children that will be artists.

Thank you for running.

Thank you for the symphony.

Thank you for grandparents.

Thank you for moments when you feel hope.

Thank you for curiosity.

Thank you for whatever happens next year.

Thank you for that.