"I am grateful to our host and all of you for being our only friends in 2021 even if we've never met you and don't know your names. I feel like you all are my people and I hope one day to be able to repay you all for what we learned here from you - it saved us many times over."
I actually cried when I read that. I would say exactly the same.
Re: The Epiphany (A reflection thread on pandemic choices)
"I am grateful to our host and all of you for being our only friends in 2021 even if we've never met you and don't know your names. I feel like you all are my people and I hope one day to be able to repay you all for what we learned here from you - it saved us many times over."
I actually cried when I read that. I would say exactly the same.