I want to start off by thanking everyone for the wonderful birthday wishes that you sent me this past weekend ! I was incredibly blessed and quite overwhelmed by the significant response and all the encouraging thoughts and notes . Thank you ! Thank you for thinking of me!I I am still catching up here and have n't read all of them yet , but I surely will !

Give answer the following question using evidence from the above passage: Why did people send me birthday wishes ?
They like me and were thinking of me