The Little Things

Since 2011 has come to a close, I wanted to make a list of the really little things that I never stopped to appreciate.


I thank 2011 for

• the little hugs I got from my best friends every morning
• the kiss I got from my parents before bedtime every night
• the small things that I tripped over that made me look like a real klutz
• the thick books I read at school that made me look like a nerd
• the strange outfits that I picked out that made me look like I was color blind
• my first guitar that everyone raised their eyebrow at because it was so small
• the inches that never grew to make myself look taller than Thea
• the soft ear of my stuffed animal rubbing against my nose before I go to bed
• the friends I took for granted that made a great impact later on
• the long talks I had with my mom after dinner that went on for hours
• the short conversations I had with my dad that consisted of nonexistent words and jibber-jabber
• the glasses I put on every morning that helped me see the world clearer
• the books that were there when no one else was
• the tears that I cried that were worth it after all
• the laughs that I held in so I wouldn't look like a freak
• the laughs that came out anyway
• and the years that I have ahead of me that are yet to come.