Thank you for making me who I am today.

Mom, for being my #1 confidant.

Dad, for your steadfast support and care.

Andy, for your constancy and gentle reminders to better myself.

Chris, for your patience, devotion, and faith, for nurturing my walk with God, for renewing my sense of softness.

Tommy, for changing my brain chemistry.

Mr. Halabi, for believing in me.

Isaak, for seeing me through the lowest lows and highest highs, for your burning gusto for life.

Taha, for showing me how to navigate both uncharted blue skies & new depths of despair, for inspiring me to express love for the homies, for fostering my adoration of design.

[Redacted] & [Redacted], for taking a chance on me, taking care of me, and breaking me so I could galvanize into something stronger.

Jake, for your gifts of song and friendship.

Keyan, for being the best game-master.

Anna, for your belief.

June, for your stories of Loreto, Mormonism, and Southern hospitality.

Michelle, for your kindness and companionship.

Raf, for your days of endless sunshine.

Omar, for your music.

Kelly, for your host-mindset and kinship in sentimentality.

Ishaan, for your love of making.

Celine, for your openness and gentle heart.

Jon, for your poetry.

Jolie, for teaching me where my boundaries lie.

Ben, for encouraging my love of making.

Chloe, for your gentle light and beauty of creation.

Jorge, for your patience and regex wizardry, for slogging through gauntlets of node errors with me.

Elizabeth, for the best mango pudding I’ve ever had.

Bonnie, for your whimsy and parallel paths.

Lauren, for coming to church with me.

Matt, for your heart of worship and song.

Agniv, for being a kindred spirit in internet explorations.

Ruth, for reminding me of how beautiful winding journeys can be.