Dear Threadless Community/Staff,

I just wanted you to know how thankful and grateful I am for YOU. I have had a terribly stressful, sad and generally awful year. Everything has been seemingly stacked up against me since about February 1st or so. That's when the decent began. (I will spare you details). It wasn't until I stumbled up the Threadless blogs that I started to see a bright point. I just jumped in the deep end and hoped for the best.

To my relief and surprise people were very kind and welcoming. It didn't take long before I was talking with many of you outside the blogs and now consider you very good friends. You all helped me keep my head above water, in my sea of troubles. I thank you for that, even though you may not have known that you were. I have to give special thanks to Jeff. Without him I would have never come to the meet-up. He was the driving force that made me see it was not only possible but that it would be an important thing for me to do. Jeff, you were right. I love you bro.

There are many of you that didn't get to go, or that I didn't get to meet because I got a bit of food poisoning. I regret this wholeheartedly. You are an amazing group of people from all over the world. So thoughtful, kind, talented and interconnected, that it simply blows me away. You have helped me redefine what friendship means.

To the staff (whom I hardly got to meet at all) thank you. You are the amazing spirit that drives this community and makes this all possible. You're kindness and generosity is immense. A great company that is run by great people can never fail. You're an inspiration.

Even with all that I've said I still am not sure if I convey accurately what I feel. So please just accept this:
THANK YOU! I LOVE YOU GUYS!

-dave