Today is a Special Day
Today is my best friend's birthday.
I didn't know what to do to celebrate it.
I suck at gift buying.
I am not an idea person.
I am bursting with sentiment but lacking in a creative way to express it.
So I googled it.
"best friend's birthday"
I collected all of my favourite pictures, the ones that made me smile and warmed my heart, the ones I fell in love with, and assembled them into a story...the story of what I want her day to be, and what I'd make it into if she lived a smidge closer to me.
First off, I'll say:
Today is a special day. It's your birthday. It's the day the world was made into a better place simply because you were born. Like Whoa. That's some powerful shit right there!
I tell you all my secrets and you tell me yours.You are my best friend, my sister, my confidant...my person.
You make my world a better place.
You make me see the pretty in life.
If it was in my power, you'd open your door today and find this on your doorstep.
That would be me with a birthday cake, in case you didn't see the awesome resemblance ;)
I'm not always an easy person to love. Some days I feel like this guy...
I can be a little strange, a little intense, a little bit different than anyone else you know. The best part is that you love me regardless of my strangeness and intensity and differences. And that's why I celebrate you on this day.
Because you are special. Because you're the best gift I ever got. Because I wake up every day thankful to have you in my corner.
I want to be more like you.
.
I want to see the world through your eyes.
I want to shop 'til we drop and buy pretty things.
I want to find a bracelet boy to swoon over with you. I can't keep a straight face when I think about how we would giggle and the things we would whisper to each other. Poor bracelet boy wouldn't know what hit him, but we would change his life. He would write about the girls he met on the train and how the one with the beautiful brown eyes and infectious smile touched his heart.
I know you don't like to make a big deal out of your birthday, so I tried to control myself.
But we both know I suck at control. So your cake grew...
I tried to make one myself...
(Okay not really. But the one I'd make you would look something like this...except I can't make pink iciing. I can only make chocolate. Don't ask. I can't explain it well enough because I truly don't understand it myself.)
But it wasn't special enough for you. So I made a bigger cake.
But it still wasn't special enough. You need a pretty fucking special cake for a best friend as good as you.
So I had one made...
It's as beautiful and colourful and unique as you are. It's got rose petals and raspberries and cookes. Now that's a cake!!!
I swear I'll keep the party small, but I just couldn't ignore it.
I hope your day, hell I hope your whole year is filled goodness - fun, smiles, laughter, love, satisfaction and peace. Lots of time to relax and stick your toes in the sand...
I only got you one small present...
I filled the box with my love, my friendship, my support...my heart.
Happy birthday best friend.
I love you.
You may not think you make much of a difference in this world, but in my world, you make *ALL* the difference.