Proud

I know that proud sometimes gets a bad wrap - You hear 'it is wrong to be proud' in Christian circles, but I am not talking about pride in the 'bad' way. [I am sure that I could go off on this for a full post, but really it was just a tangent.] I looked up the word on Dictionary.com and it came up with these definitions:

proud
1. feeling pleasure or satisfaction over something regarded as highly honorable or creditable to oneself
2. having, proceeding from, or showing a high opinion of one's own dignity, importance, or superiority
3. having or showing self-respect or self-esteem
4. highly gratifying to the feelings or self-esteem
5. highly honorable or creditable
6. stately, majestic, or magnificent
7. of lofty dignity or distinction
8. happy
9. full of vigor and spirit
10. Obsolete. brave.

Anyway, all this to say:

RYAN I AM SO PROUD OF YOU!! I take pleasure in knowing you and I am highly satisfied in your work as an artist. I pray that these opportunities that have recently come your way will prove to be AMAZING endeavours, but even if they don't know that I AM PROUD OF YOU!!