my little brother is applying to colleges this year and of the ones he’s applied to he’s been accepted to all 7 that he’s heard back from so far, all with direct admissions to the graphic design programs he wants, multiple with honors college spots/scholarships as well– these are really good schools too, basically all the major midwest public schools w/ art programs (so far he most likes msu and uiuc and u of m where he just got admitted today, and we could definitely afford uiuc at least) and i just–

god, i’m so proud of him, he deserves this! he works really hard, he’s a really talented artist, he has had a miserable past three years and been horribly chronically ill and had to deal with a whole bunch of awful shit from my parents, way more than i ever did tbh, and i’m just so glad that he’s going to get to go to college somewhere he likes and study what he loves. he’s a really good person, and i love him so much, and sometimes things work out! sometimes a situation is just uncomplicatedly good and you get to watch someone you love succeed at something they care about.