Happy Birthday Sparky

  I have always admired you. 

You have faced continuous challenges, and yet you never let them get the best of you. You never let anything hold you down, no matter what tries to. You always get back up. You always try again. It doesn't matter how badly you've been hurt in the past, you will go forward with a willing heart. You've never been bitter. You've never been resentful. You've just accepted the rotten things that life has thrown under your feet.

We should all be as strong as you are. We should all aim to be as brave in the face of challenges. You even do it with grace.

There is a reason I base so many of my characters off of you. You demonstrate the qualities that most people wish they had themselves. Myself included. I'm a cynic and I'm bitter. You're hopeful and eager and willing and open. I don't know how you do it, from your open arms to your open heart. You are the single most beautiful human being I have ever met in my life. I mean, they don't write Princesses as amazing as you. The best heroines will always fall short of what you've accomplished. Because you're real. You actually lived through the hardships. You came out on the other side, no matter how dark the tunnel got. 

To say I admire you doesn't really illustrate just how impressive I think you are as a human being. I think words will always fail.

I am so fucking grateful that you are my best friend. I could not have had a better one. I hope in the future, I can be as good of a friend to you as you have always been to me. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY SPARKY!