For the record

I would just like to say I am so lucky to have the following people in my life:

Jason - b/c he literally loves me no matter what (that's a pretty tall order some days). He can also always make me laugh, and I never doubt who I am when I am with him.

Maddie: she is smart, funny, and beautiful. She is a gift.

My Parents: for a million reasons, but most recently for house sitting for us and cleaning every single inch of our house. I am still finding things they cleaned/fixed/replaced

Jason's Parents: for always making me feel like a part of their family

Lisa - for being the world's greatest sister. She is always (always) there to say "yes, I'll help you with that". I honestly don't know how people live without a sister like Lisa in their life.

Now here is where the rest of you are thinking, c'mon Jenn what about me?

Well, I should really just make a list of the people I'm glad are NOT in my life b/c I think that would be shorter and much easier. (For example, Mark Wahlberg - b/c if he were in my life, well things would just get awkward, wouldn't they. I mean, I'd hate to have to break the guys heart, know what I mean?)

I will say this to all you Blog Interwebs: I don't know why you do it, but thank you for reading this silly thing and always encouraging me. It's a ridiculous ego centric form of expression but in a weird way it seems like a safe mode to send out the good, the bad, the ugly.

I dare you all to go and make your own little list of the 5 people in your life who have influenced you the most. And the 5 people you are most grateful for. Same list? I don't know.