For some reason, I just became very thankful. For everything. Thank you Shannon, for being not only my alpha, not only my omega, but my entire alphabet; my motivator; the tone to my heartbeat. Thank you SO, SO much for the time, the patience, the radiance you give. I love you, forever, and always. Thank you Ig, for being my best man, inside of ceremony, and out. Thank you Tammy, for the faith that you exist, and for faith in people. Thank you Elizabeth, for being my barometer of intellectual sanity. Thank you all those I love who give me a reason to reminisce, to keep in touch. Thank you Mariners. You finally won. Thank you tangerine, for your congratulations, and for your wonderful comments. I always look forward to them. Thank you Adam, Elisa, Inge, Ivy, Michelle, for being the people I've looked forward to meeting for so long. Thank you sleep, thank you life, thank you slits in the blinds letting in the sun. Thanks to blood pressure and thanks to sleeplessness. Thanks to the written word. Thanks to the Strawberry C Monster. And Vicks cough drops. Thank you all, for giving me the energy for my brain to fire, for my heart to beat, for my foot to fall one more time.