dear mom+dad:

Thank you.

Thank you for staying together+loving us so hard.

Thank you for accepting me for what I am. Cus I'm fucking weird.

Thank you for letting me go when I was an asshole teenager, but thank you even more for taking me back when I finally came to my senses.

Thank you for teaching me what hard work is.

Thank you for showing me what love is+for showing me what love isn't.

Thank you for encouraging me in what I'm good at (photos+words).

Thank you for listening to me even when I don't make sense.

Thank you for being really vague when Olivia+I ask which one of ys you like better.

Thank you for taking us to libraries+parks.

Thank you for giving my kid the most amazing grandparents. Ever. EVER.

Thank you for cooking us good, mostly healthy foods.

Thank you for working towards health yourselves.

Thank you for bbqs every weekend.

Thank you for this beautiful, curly hair+thank you for my freckles+thank you for my hazel eyes+thank you for my awesome bewbs.

Thank you for everything. I could go on. You are SO amazing. And when I meet people you know or when my people meet you, they tell me how awesome you are.

I didn't know how fucked up the general population is. I thought people were like you. They're not. You're both so special.

How the fuck did I get so lucky? I hardly ask myself this, cus that'd be looking some gift horse in the mouth. Instead, I just look forward to talking to you, hanging with you, looking at photos of you+being an object of your love.

Thanks. I love you.