I FEEL OLD

SO TODAY is my 5th dA birthday!
I just wanted to submit a little picture to say thank you ;-;
This website is still my home and it still has the greatest community I've ever seen, and had the pleasure of being part of.
Thank you so so much you guys, seriously. Some of you have been following me since ye olde days, some of you are brand new friends, just ALL YOU GUYS ARE GREAT. Even the people on here I've never talked to.
I've gone from fanart to FCs to ripoff OCs to actual OCs over the years, and I've had so much fun changing. To the ones who have been watching me for years, I can't thank you guys enough for sticking around with me for so long. To the new watchers, thank you too!
The friends I've made on here are the greatest friends I have ever found. All you guys are so nice and sweet and creative, it's really an honor to know all of you.
This little website's seriously done so much for me. I found tons of great artists, it helped me stay interested in art, it's kept me happy whenever things started getting me down, it's shaped me and tutored me on how to make OCs, it SHOWED me what OCs really were which is one of the most important things in my life, it gave me the greatest best friend I ever could have hoped for, it introduced me to THE best group of friends period, it's encouraged me, it's motivated me, and just
fkjsndf I could go on forever.
I didn't mean for this to turn into some big speech, but I just really wanna say thank you for the 5 awesome years. I'm so happy about everything that's brought me to where I am, and you guys have helped a lot!
Super amazing special shout-outs to d00p, Shika, Luck, Li, Kito, Lily, Drick, Shay, and ShadowLuigi/Greenbit, you guys have been sticking around since like the stone age era of my account and it means so much to me ;-; You've all been such great friends over the years and I seriously cannot stress how much I appreciate that, saying thank you forever wouldn't begin to cover it.
Thank you so so much for showing me what creativity is, for staying with me through the long rocky and haphazard evolution of my characters, and for just being there for me. I love you guys so much ;-;
But yes. THANK YOU DA for everything okay. For every watcher, fav, comment, pageview, etc etc thank you! And for the friends, thank you!!
And seriously just for absolutely everything.
Thank you so much
I can't wait to spend many many more years with you guys!