Thank you.

[jessicagallagher]

Originally published at Skyspun.org. You can comment here or there.

It’s been a little while since I’ve posted something here… I was going to do the next day in my 30 Days of Truth project, but decided to wander from that for a moment because I really need to express something.

My gratitude.

I never in my dreams expected to get the feedback and encouragement that I did from my last post. I suppose while I was writing it, I wasn’t thinking of how it could have backfired in my face until I started to see all your comments of acceptance and admiration for writing what I did. It was then that I realized how much I needed to hear it. How much I really needed to feel like it was ok. I was ok.

Blogging has been a part of my life for a little over decade now (my god, has it really been that long?) and I can honestly say that I don’t think I have ever felt so embraced by the virtual world as I did when I started reading your words.

So, thank you. Thank you for telling me that what I did was the right decision. Thank you for taking a moment out of your busy lives and reading a rambly post about something stupid that a random girl you didn’t know did when she was young. And thank you – from the bottom of my heart – for making me feel accepted and not judged.

Because of you, I am able to let go of that little slice that has been digging at me for years. I am a better person today, simply because you opened your heart and let me into it.