my thankyou note to marquette:

Last spring I spent most of my empty moments thinking about what the last four years had been. This was both destructive and purifying. In the end, I wrote a very long thank you letter to Marquette. The kind of thank you that says "It hurt to hear that, but I think it was worth it." Today, I spent some time rereading what I spent four years fighting with. Here are a few pieces of my letter: