Dear family and friends

Dear family and friends,
I know writing to everyone is kind of like cheating, but I feel like I should update everyone on how I'm doing and how things are going. I have just received my approval for graduating and can't wait for my family to be in Newfoundland in a week and a half! It'll be Tiffany's first time here, and I'm excited to show her around. I've created a life here since coming three years ago and wanted to show my family, my Newfoundland family. So I'm thrilled they're coming here.
My birthday is around the corner and of come to accept another year has gone by. This past year has been crazy. I've crossed off things from my bucket list I never thought I would of. I went to Russia, I made an amazing new best friend, I've graduated, and now I get to work with professors doing some research. It really was fantastic. Of course there were plenty of other things good and bad. I was diagnosed with an ankylosing spondylitis, I went through a depressed period, and won't see much of my family till Christmas, but I made it through and will continue to do so. I know I should be writing this on my birthday, but I felt like I should writw it today because of the thoughts I was having.
Friends and family, please pray for me. My walk with God has been a roller coaster this year, and right now it's kind of on a low. I have become unmotivated in my spiritual walk and really miss that motivation of digging into my Bible day by day trying to figure out new things and see what God wanted to show me. But lately I really have no desire to do any digging. Please don't pressure me into it, I know that's not the way I work and I get irritated when people pressure me to do things. I just need prayer and support.
Also prayer for anxiety issues. With school being done and my job taking up only some of my time, I find I a have a lot of time to think and with all the new changes coming in the fall anxiety seems to strike. Things are slowly falling into place and I know they will work out, but that irrational part of me just decides to freak out all the time. So I apologize for any tardiness or ignoring on my part, please understand that it is just because I'm a little stressed out and need to figure out what's going on in my head.
I'll cut it short, but I hope everyone is doing well and I'm excited for another ahead with all my friends and family.
Love,
Yvette