Hello you, yes you. I am doing something a little different for my next mini pod and I need your help.

Now, for the past few years, my podcast Thanks a Million has been all about exploring what gratitude

means to a huge variety of guests. One thing I've learned along the way is that everyone has a story and now I want to

hear yours. Or more specifically I want to hear about your thanks that got away. A shout out to

the people you never got a chance to say thank you to. It could be anyone, a person who,

unbeknownst to them, changed your whole life or outlook for the better.

Perhaps it was a stranger on the bus who picked you up when you were feeling a bit down.

The holiday romance that thought you what true love could be, even for a week, or the ex, who taught you what it definitely wasn't.

Maybe it was the sibling you never appreciated until it was too late,

the nurse who cared for you in your darkest hour or the friend who opened your eyes to the beauty

of the world around. Maybe it was a butcher who lent you a fiver. Over the years, I've learned just

how wonderful it feels to say those two simple words. Thank you.

And it's never, ever too late.

So write to me, tell me your stories of the thanks that got away,

so it might inspire us all to take a moment and reflect on those who deserve a little bit of gratitude.

At the very least, you'll get it off your chest, and who knows, maybe they'll even hear.

To find out how to get involved, stick around to the end or check the show notes below for

details.

Merci!

To my brief lover, I never had the confidence that other women seemed to have, and I didn't have much luck in romance either. Not in my teenage years and not in my early twenties. I felt like I was under a curse where any man I felt truly attracted to would be guaranteed not to want me back. When my male friend invited me

along to an Airbnb mansion in Scotland for his birthday weekend, it never crossed my mind that I might meet

somebody there. You first saw me in my glasses without makeup on. You were so good looking. I told myself

...