18 years of gratefulness

Allow me to address my gratitude to you in the celebrity-ish way! Charot! HahaJ Thank you thank you thank you!

To my wonderful sisters, thank you! Pie, thank you for the surprise talaga! I highly appreciated the early celebration of my birthday! Thank you for the delicious chocolate cake! I love you! I will alwys be your ateJ To Sarah, who has been very patient to me during this whole vacation. Thank you! For each day of our bonding moments during my duty and for the sleepovers, thank you! To my sissie, bhadz, thank you for that heartwarming gift!!! Grabeng effort! I love you talaga!! Thank you!! To you girls, thank you! I love you all deeply!

To the special men that I have, I would like to thank you! Jester, tol, I super duper love you to death! I love your message! Alam mo yan!! #katakot! Lagi kong inaabangan ang gms mo each night! Edward, thank you for everything! College would have been worse for me if not with youJ You have always taken the role of a brother to me when we’re in Manila. And to my newest adopted brother, Carlo, thank you so much for making me smile each night before I go to sleep. Thank you for your sweet and comforting message! I would always be glad to be your ate. Thank you! I love you! J

To all my college babes, thank you so so much!! My babes, Yeye, Janelle and alody, thank you for the messages you’ve sent! I was deeply touched while reading your messages. I appreciated the effort! Talaga! I woke up at midnight and saw your messages. Thank you! Kim, you even called to greet me! Thank you! And to Dane, to whom I owe so much of my change which everybody noticed, thank you! I have become a better person because of your influence. Thank you so so much!! Your gift would forever be cherished in my heart. Thank you for the effort talaga!! J I love you! Extend my gratitude to your family who have greeted me! Thank you so so much!! I love you!

Thank you to my sisters, the powder girls. You know how much I love each one of you. Maraming maraming salamat sa lahat lahat. You have always been one of my pillars of strength. Alam nyo yan. Jessa and ey thank you so much for the effort of editing our photos and the wonderful message and wishes you have given. I would always cherish our moments together. Mabel and Wisa, thank you for the long message you’ve sent. I know how hard and heart breaking it is to send long birthday greetings thru text when you’re not subscribed in unlitext. J Thank you for the bastusan moments that we have shared. I won’t be tired of sharing it, especially with you. Patring, we miss you badly. How we all wish you were here. We love you!! And my girls, I will always thank the Lord for giving me such beautiful ladies like you. This would be a never ending list of reasons of gratefulness for having you in my life. J

To all my cousins who were even more excited than me, thank you so much! Ate Jess, Ate Phen, Tupoy, Tupay, Junjon, Ampol and the younger ones, thank you!! I love to bond with you guys!! Thank you so much!! Our kwentuhan would have been boring if not for your jokes J staying at the tindahan makes me happy for all the freebies! Thank you! I love each one of you!

To my family, the primary source of my strength each day, thank you! Daddy, for being such a good provider of our needs, I love you deeply! Thank you for being the great role model to us. You have given me all my needs, and some of my wants. Thank you for the support that you continue to give and the undying love that you express. I will always be a daddy’s little girl. To my mom, belated Happy mom’s day and Advance Happy birthday!! I would like to thank you for everything! Know that I will always look up to you! You have been and still are a good mother to the three of us! I love listening to your motherly advices and words of wisdom. Thank you so much for raising us in the best way possible. I won’t be who I am today if not because of you! I love you both dearly! To my sweet younger brother, thank you for bringing joy to the family. Thank you for the respect that you give me. I appreciate everything you’ve done to me. You’re so sweet. Thanks, Omel! And to my sister, who has been my greatest critic and number one “pusher,” thank you! Thank you for allowing me to become a better ate. Our misunderstandings make me realized the lessons I still have to learn. Thank you for being such a great sister!! I enjoy sharing room with you! Thank you for the clothes that you allow me to borrow, for the sweet text messages everytime I’m down and for everything that you have given me, thank you! I love you! J

To all my facebook friends and twitter followers who have extended their greetings and sincere wishes for me on my birthday, thank you! Thank you for spending time in greeting me even if we do not know each other personally. Thank you! Also, to all the Canossians and Thomasians who have greeted me and to my other batchmates also, thank you!  God Bless you all!

Lastly, to my greatest defender, to my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, I will always be your servant. Thank you for allowing me to not only exist, but live for 18 years. Thank you for giving me the best of life, with these best people, best experiences and wonderful lessons. You will always be my number one! I love you Lord!

And to you reading this, thank you! Thank you for being part of my 18 years! I am a better person now all because of you! Thank you for the love, the support and for bringing out the best in me! Thank you for all your messages that made me cry and laugh at the same time! Thank you for the moments we’ve shared together! I know I could never thank you enough. My life is not perfect, but you made it close to being perfect! I cannot think of any better life if not with you! I wish to share more moments with you! I love you all! Thank you!

To my greatest God, to You be all the Glory!