MINIPOD: A Heartbreaking Loss (Thanks That Got Away)

Angela Scanlon's Thanks A Million

Angela Scanlon

Mental Health, Gratitude, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Irish, Ireland, Rte, Scanlon, Anxiety, Angela Scanlon, Uplifting, Thanks, Anxious, Grateful, Wellbeing, Positivity

4.8 • 803 Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2021

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Summary

How do you thank someone for cutting you out of their life?

Thanks A Million listeners share their “Thanks That Got Away”! The people you never got a chance to say 'thank you' to. The people who changed your whole life or outlook and you didn’t get the opportunity to tell them. Now is your chance!

Perhaps it was a stranger on the bus who picked you up when you were down? The holiday romance that taught you what true love could be? Or the ex who taught you what it definitely wasn’t? Maybe it’s 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...

Over the years I’ve learnt just how wonderful it feels to say those two simple words ‘thank you’, and how a simple act of gratitude can have truly transformative effects far beyond anything you can imagine.

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 some gratitude.

To get your story featured just email no more than 600 words to:

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You can be kept anonymous if you prefer, but it’s finally a chance to let it out, hold back no more and share that thank you which you never got to give!

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0:00.0	Hello there, right then. Another thanks that got away for you. This week's letter is from an anonymous
0:05.2	listener, which always piques my interest. However, I do love the names. It allows me to build a picture of you
0:12.7	in my sweet mind, but you know, whatever you're into and comfortable with. If you want to get featured in
0:18.0	this mini-podge, just hang around until the end of it.
0:21.7	It's not that long, honestly.
0:23.3	Or if you're an impatient, old soul, you can head to the show notes for the email and all of the information that you will need.
0:31.5	Okay, here it goes.
0:34.4	Dear Angela, how do you thank someone for cutting you out of their life? Where are we going? He was and will always be one of the greatest loves of my life, my hero, yet I am still learning to be grateful because in cutting me out and breaking my heart, he did what I had been subconsciously living in fear of.
0:57.0	When the dust began to settle and the time moved on without him, I saw that the environment that I had
1:02.6	been living in had been unhealthy and often unhelpful and that my life was one big functioning mess.
1:10.7	I began to change and grow and come back to myself,
1:14.7	the pain of grieving someone still alive and facing a fear that I didn't even know I had. I mean,
1:21.3	I don't know what you're talking about, but I still feel that a lot of people can relate to this
1:24.8	right now, especially given where we are. I'm sorry in so many ways for the way things are,
1:30.3	and I always will be.
1:32.3	I will always miss him.
1:34.3	If I could, I'd say thank you for all the love you gave me.
1:37.3	Thank you for teaching me how to tie my laces.
1:40.3	Thank you for trying to teach me how to play guitar.
1:42.3	Thank you for teaching me how to drive. Thank you for letting me sit on your knee and listen to you and your friends. Thank you for the hugs that made me feel safe. Thank you for the hurt that broke me open and set me free, Big Brother. Please keep this letter anonymous for obvious reasons.
2:04.0	My laptop won't let me put a crying laughing emoji face here,
2:08.3	which is annoying because I feel they're part of my written language now.
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