Originally posted on FACEBOOK on 7 October 2007.
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After an amazing year with five truly remarkable people, I am left with a huge void in my heart.
On this Thanksgiving, I am thankful for:
Annie Wright - For being an amazing friend and for being someone that I know I can always count on. For being like a sister to me and for helping me to make rationalise the most irrational decisions. For laughing, crying, singing, dancing, drinking, eating, and working with me. For being such strong woman and for the inspiration I didn't even know I needed to find a stronger woman within myself. Annie, I love and miss you more than I can say... you mean the world to me.
Dina Bailey - For being a supportive and caring friend and for being an ear to my troubles day and night. For standing by me through good and bad and for never leaving my side even when I stumbled. For the many adventures, long talks, great walks, dinners, lunches, drinks, dances, for all of the fun and not-so-fun times we spent together. Dina, you are a rock and I am more sure of myself for having known you. I hope that you know I am always here for you should you ever lose your footing.
Bernardo vaz de Macedo - For being a familiar face in a scary place and for always making me smile. For being accepting of my crazy ways and for helping me to know where to draw the line. For not being afraid to ask questions, for taking chances, and for showing me what hardwork really is. Bernardo, you taught me so much about what it means to take a chance and although I never said it, you really inspired me to push myself in ways I never had before and I will never, ever, forget that.
Nao Kawabe - For being a ray of sunshine in a sometimes gloomy world. For teaching me that following your heart is not always the easiest path but that it is surely the most fulfilling. For opening up to me, for opening up to others, for being a genuinely kind, caring and beautiful person. Nao, you are so amazing, there are so few words to describe how much I have learned from you. I admire your independence and courage more than you know, and I hope that I will find that path for my heart to follow so that I can share that story with you.
Gentian Elezi - For being the source of so much happiness for me and so many people. For never being afraid to express emotion and for being so incredibly rational in doing so. For the laughs, the jokes, the Friends references, the hugs, the games, and for always reminding me that you would look out for me anytime I needed you. Genti, knowing that you were on the other side of my wall on nights when I was homesick or confused or just really stressed always made me smile. You made me feel so safe and secure and I would not have made it through the year without your support.
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My wonderful flatmates:
I regret not saying these things to you in person, but knowing me more tears would have been shed than words spoken. I really love you all and knowing that the six of us will never live together again makes me really sad... but I am so thankful for the year we spent together and know that it could never be re-created or replaced. We had something really special, and the energy from our last few days together in Flat 15 is still inside of me and is what keeps me going on days that I am feeling blue.
Happy Thanksgiving, I am so thankful to have wonderful friends like you.
xx
Renee
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