Friend appreciation time

This meme has been going around my flist.  While I normally think copy & paste memes are a bit pointless, this one made me smile because it is so true.

Copy and Paste if you have enjoyed the blessing of meeting people online that you never would have met any other way. This is an end of the year shout out to the many friends I have never been in the same room with but who have inspired, amused, comforted, encouraged, and touched me in so many ways. Here's to another year together.

I've been bad about posting and otherwise communicating lately.  Nevertheless, dear flist, I hope you understand that I'm so grateful to have the chance to know you.  I might have no clue what your voices sound like, but we have shared squees, whines, the occasional stray deep thought, and much more.  I am also immeasurably thankful for the friends I know from offline, and for the way the internet enables me to keep in contact with you when you're scattered across the country and the globe. 

You are all such wonderful people that you deserve David Tennant narrating a video of polar bears playing with robotic spy cameras.

Hooray for friends!