((((((((((peaches))))))))))
you did just give your t that lovely card you made so i'm sure she has some idea how appreciative you are of her.

one thing my t had us do in our artist's way class was to start writing a list of our successes/things we are proud of that we've accomplished. i found it really helpful to do that even if the successes seem very small. it was quite encouraging and helps the old Critic to shut up. she said it's not a bad habit to keep up either. hmm...now i need to start doing it again.