Thanksgiving (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

It was rather late here in Belgium, when I realized that today is Thanksgiving. It's not a thing we celebrate here, but I do adore the sentiment, so I wanted to write you all a little note. If there is one thing that I am so so so grateful for, it's the online community that I've had since I started livestreaming online (almost 6 years ago!). I moved far away from my friends and family to be with my now husband (thank god that worked out :)). But I felt so alone in a big city with only him and a couple of friends I knew through him.

I started livestreaming and it completely changed my life. I livestreamed my study sessions in law school, with the cats in the background. I can tell you that I was never the best student, but I didn't fail many exams since I started streaming :D. Since then a lot has changed, but I've always felt like I've had this online family that was always there for me. I only had to press 'go live' and I wasn't alone. You've been there through the bad (getting my diabetes diagnose, the car accident, our cat Bernini passing away, etc.) and the good (getting married, moving into our home and having baby Alexander, etc.). I went from this early twenty-something who had no clue what she was doing and honestly unhappy most of the time, to someone who is genuinely happy with the space I'm in right now. 

A lot of that is thanks to you. You all invested so much time in me with watching videos, telling me about movies that you love, movies that you think I'd love, or writing kind things on post that maybe you think I might have missed, but that actually I print screened and saved in a folder for when I'm having a bad day. Your positivity and enthusiasm, breeds positivity and enthusiasm in me. Combining youtube with my dayjob and university, diabetes or a baby isn't always easy, but you make it worth it and you may know that I'll keep doing this until there is absolutely no other option than quitting (and if the baby didn't end it, I don't know what will :D). 

Thank you for being a part of this community. Thank you for being there when I'm not completely 100% and for being there when I'm at my best. People who don't really spend much time online don't understand this, but I couldn't imagine my life without my online peeps :).

Thank you so much and enjoy your thanksgiving!