This series started this morning, July 3, 2025, with a note.

One of those crack-of-dawn, pre-coffee, heart-full moments where the right words from someone else settled something in me—and I just needed to say thank you. No clue what motivated me to send it. I definitely didn’t expect to keep going. But here I am, launching a new series: Here’s Who I’m Thanking This Week—open letters to the authors, artists, and storytellers whose work has stuck with me.

And truthfully?
It started even earlier.

During the long stretch of uncertainty that was 2020, I began a daily gratitude journal. It wasn’t fancy. Just a few minutes a day. But that habit got me through some rough mornings and heavy seasons. I kept it up for nearly two years—and though I’ve fallen out of the daily rhythm, the mindset never left.

So this series isn’t just about books.
It’s about what those books gave me.

It’s about laughter when I needed lightness.
A well-timed line that hit like truth.
A quiet, steady character who reminded me how strength really looks.

Each letter is different. Some are short and sharp. Others meander through memory. Some celebrate well-known authors, and others spotlight books I picked up on a whim and never quite got over. All of them are love letters—expressions of genuine gratitude for the stories that linger.

They’re not reviews.
They’re not critique.
They’re just… thank-yous. From one writer, one reader, to another.

If you’ve ever finished a book and thought I wish I could hug the person who wrote this, you might find something to love here.

Thanks for reading.
Thanks for being here.
And thanks to the authors who keep showing us what stories can do.

Who would you write a letter to?