To You, With Love

To Linda,
My Aunt, Whom I have never known
Who had the strength to fight cancer with all her heart, and still have time for the loves of her life.
I say thank you for inspiring me to have the strength and courage to take every problem I face.

Mrs. Howell-Olsen,
My teacher from third to forth grade
Who inspired me to be who I truly am by showing me people are like snowflakes, no one looks like the other, but they are exactly the same.
I say thank you for setting free the real me.

To Mr. Cardwell,
My Seventh grade English teacher
Who brought life to the class room for the first time in four years, and who made a day filled with gloom and turn it into day where flowers could bloom simply by walking into a room.
I say thank you for teaching me to read between the lines between in a book and see the unwritten.

And to all of you,
Who are allowing children to have a voice in this world, because each and every one of them needs to be heard.
To you, I say thank you for giving people the gift of this world.