Dear Santa...

To an ex-colleague: you were literally my Secret Santa and you bought me a Where's Wally? book with a twist. It was Where's Boris Johnson? and this was before he was PM. It was suitably hilarious... well, at the time.

To the lovely lady who sent me gifts (some of them handmade) allll the way from South Africa

Thanks so much to all you wonderful members. Just when I'm despondent about sorting through hundreds of new accounts to remove the bots and would-be spammers, or trying not to cry about a really nasty email, one of you lovely people posts a wonderful piece of flash, or a nature photograph, or a really kind and helpful crit, and it changes my whole day.

Thank you all so very much. And Jason—what a great idea for a thread.

This post is just a showing of gratitude for this environment....

Thanks to the owner and staff of the Water Cooler forum. Such an invaluable resource for everyone. Often left doing a thankless job, but appreciated. Cheers.

To the many wonderful friends I've made here over the years here on AW, thank you!

And specifically, a huge thank you to those who have sent messages of support and encouragement, lent a sympathetic ear and held my cyber hand through this long long loooonnnnng-ass month while in the hospital with Husband.

Thank you all you AW'ers and Lisa (and staff) for maintaining the site and keeping it real. I wouldn't keep on trying to write without your support.