Art of the Odd

My friend Be the Boy started a meme on Twitter today – Say Thanks. It’s a simple premise – just thank each of your Twitter contacts for whatever it is they’ve brought to your life.

NovySan got me earlier today:

I haven’t thanked him yet. I’m not ungrateful, nor am I ungracious – I just can’t say all the things I want to say in only 140 characters.

Things like, Dear NovySan:

Thank you for helping me to be more me than I have ever been before.

Thank you for always having faith, instead of expectations.

Thank you for your spontaneous outbursts of joy, of rage, of unfettered and, above all, genuine emotion. Thank you for never hiding your feelings and, in that, for helping me to feel mine that much more deeply.

Thank you for teaching me that it’s okay to ask for help when I need it.

Thank you for pushing me past my boundaries, and providing a refuge when I’ve gone too far.

Thank you for reminding me that every experience is an adventure.

Thank you for loving my family, my friends, and my weird old broken-down cat.

And thank you, most of all, for not only loving me as much as I love you, but for allowing me to love you as much as you love me.

#saythanks