One for a Million Wishes

Happy birthday,

Dear shug, just like last year, I'm a little early to this party. But happy birthday! Here's to your twenty-second! Here's the part where I would say that I hope you're doing well, but instead I think I'll say, I am so proud of you. I am so fucking proud of you. You've come a long way. You work so hard and it's phenomenal. You are so smart even if you don't always feel that way hahaha. I have complete and total faith in you as a human. I'm sure that doesn't mean much, but I truly think you are at a place where you're doing wonderful and it's only up hill from you. You have made my life so happy.I am so genuinely appreciative to be your friend. I just want your life to be filled with the things that make you happy. I can't wait to see where your life takes you and I hope there will continue to be a place for me in it. I never could've predicted our paths would entwine again. There's this thing my pastor said one time, "What am I doing that only makes sense because of Jesus? ...Do more of that." The point is that some things in life are so out of this world, so large that coincidence doesn't cover it, so crazy that the atoms themselves pushed it together. Things that remind of us miracles. That's your presence in my life. It makes no sense to me why I get to have you around and it's the biggest blessing I have ever seen. I hope you around for the long haul Mase. I really missed you. I tell you all the time, behavior is societal. If you were born in Africa, your behavior would be much different than being raised an America boy. But, I truly think the inside of who we are is always the same. I have always been impressed with the inside of you. And the inside of you has always made me feel known as a person. You are the first person to ever teach me what love was, to teach me how to write, and on the flip side, to teach me what true heartbreak was. We're not kids anymore and we're finally growing up. It makes me so happy to be able to watch you live your life and figure things out. Here's to hoping I'll be around on your next birthday. I truly am so excited to have a role in your life. Watching you move makes me so happy. Happy birthday shug, you really are doing amazing.