Monday, April 9, 2012

Thankful for a life.


Thankful for growing up knowing everything about Harry Potter. (mugglenet.com)
Thankful for those sunshine summer days acting out plays and playing in the garage with Andrea.
Thankful for not being afraid to dance.
Thankful for having my mother be my mother, and her endless streams of support,phone calls, and love that still get me through my days.
Thankful for knowing how to swim, and for loving the water.
Thankful for Angelica who taught me how to dive, and who didn't yell at me when I didn't want her to watch.
Thankful for John Mayer's rendition of "Free Fallin' " .
Thankful for my cousin Tiffany's gluttony that makes me cry of laughter all the time.
Thankful for my friend Angel who, along with Luly, taught me how to drive, with disregards to all those times we almost crashed.
Thankful for my grandparents, who don't provide a better brand of unconditional love.
Thankful of those endless nights we spent talking about the philosophy of life, and our hopes and dreams for the future by your pool, Rebecca.
Thankful for having two legs.
Thankful for having been a volleyball player, thankful for every road trip we took to play.
Thankful for loving poetry, thankful that I can write it.
Thankful for the little dances we made for our mothers when mine came to pick me up, so that I didn't leave, Andrea.
Thankful for that scrapbook you made for us, Bianca, which I had no right to call mine, but I still keep.
Thankful for health.
Thankful for dad, for believing in me and providing for me unconditionally.
Thankful for tears of happiness.
Thankful for inspiration.
Thankful for every day we spent getting ready for a party, Angelica.
Thankful for every boy trouble, Andrea.
Thankful for keeping each other's feet on the ground.
Thankful for my love of smelling books, everything.
Thankful for the movie theater and those movie marathon days with you, Angelica.
Thankful for having you be my crush throughout high school, Jose. Sorry it didn't work out. Lol.
Thankful for knowing you, Cristina, the best teacher I've ever had.
Thankful for sunny mornings in San Juan.
Thankful for the endless sleepovers when we were 15, Jennifer, Angelica, and the boy talks along with it.
Thankful for that Vega Baja beach house, Angelica, Bianca, Mark, Rebecca, Yashaira, Michael, Adriel, Andrea, etc.
Thankful for that Noche de San Juan party you threw when we were 15, Jennifer, when we were meeting the Buchanan guys.
Thankful for my brother, Bryan, for playing Rockband with me.
Thankful for loving to read, and for having two eyes that allow me to.
Thankful for having you be my dance partner in every party, and every choreography, Edwin.
Thankful for Venus, for being my companion and allowing me to group up next to her. Rest in peace.
Thankful for every new day to start again.
Thankful for choosing Iowa State.
Thankful for all the problems we had with Mr. Balloveras, Patricia. Thankful for being disrespectul, I guess. Lol.
Thankful for speaking two languages.
Thankful for those three weeks of heaven in Europe, guys. Bea, Cristina, Nicole, etc..
Thankful for having had a beautiful prom night.
Thankful for having you be everything I looked forward to in the summer, Angelo.
Thankful for my bed, and sleep.
Thankful for our Mike and Charlie's outings, Angelica.
Thankful for all our ocurrences, Andrea.
Thankful for our Adele and "can't shut up night", Bianca.
Thankful for all the times we hit the mall after school, Angelica.
Thankful for every smile thrown at me from elderly people.
Thankful for Cyride.
Thankful for the many times we visisted Brava.
Thankful for Nicole Amaro's sweet 15, plus all the dance practices we had.
Thankful for all our road trips and internal tourism we made the summer of 2009, Angelica and Luly.
Thankful for all those nights we spent watching Friends, Giselle.
Thankful for Hershey's Kisses.
Thankful that we decided to dress as the Pussy Cat Dolls for Halloween one time, Patricia, Angelica, Andrea.
Thank you, pumpkin, for being my favorite thing in the fall.
Thankful for controlling my nail biting habits.
Thankful for every plane ride, every car, every "going home".
Thankful for ALL the laughs, Patricia, and that chemistry classroom where we became best friends.
Thankful that my mom can sew, and made me my two prom dresses.
Thanful for my roof and all the conversations that went down there.
Thankful for flowers, my favorite thing.
Thankful for dELiA's, for letting me be obsessed with you for about 3 years.
Thankful for that Bernarda Alba play, Adriel, Angelica, Patricia, Andrea, Rebecca, Yashaira,etc.
Thankful for Akiro, for being the best cat in town.
Thankful for my neighbors, and all those lazy sundays I spent with them and Venus.
Thankful for all the scary movies and reality shows with you, dad.
Thankful for you letting me ramble on and now I can't shut up.
Thanful for God not considering me too incompetent to own this body.
Thankful of being worthy to be born to this.
Thankful for a life.

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