“Thank You For Everything” by Caitlin N.

She cut herself every single day. From the second she woke up, in the bathroom during lunch, the minute she got home from school, and before she said a prayer to go to sleep at night. The only peace she ever got was when she was asleep. But even during those times she was uneasy in her dreams.

Her mom yelled her at day and night. Her dad was no longer around. She got bullied at school. It was like the suffering never ended.

Every day as she pressed on that blade, she’d ask for the courage to press down deeper to leave this world. She didn’t want the gift of life. It wasn’t even considered a “gift” to her. She was done.

As she reminisces back to those days, she kisses her boyfriend softly saying straight from her heart, “thank you for everything." She interlocks her fingers with his and presses her cheek against his lips. This was the happiest she’s ever been.

As she reminisces back to those days, she carries the blade once again. Staring at it, thinking, with tears going down her face. She presses it one more time upon her wrist softly and gently and whispers, “thank you for everything."

As she reminisces back to that day she threw that blade in the trash, she smiles at her husband and says, “thank you for everything.”

As he reminisces back to that day, he whispers to her and their newborn baby, “thank you for everything.”