#um nina i gushed a lot but i hope you can hear the truth in my voice like i'm talking to you right now!

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                          AND A SUPER HAPPY BIRTH                          TO A SUPER SPECIAL FRIEND!!!                                                  @jjillekkot

Hello Nina! I want to tell you how much you’re very loved but it isn’t just on your birthday. It’s every day !! This day is just a herald of happy reminders of how wonderful it truly is that you exist. For those of us who are lucky enough to call you an important person in our lives, and a precious friend, I’m just one of many who adore you! But I’m not gonna let this super special day pass without rejoicing in the existence of you. Now buckle down, Piglet/Haruka/Rue because I’d love to give my share of that love to you!

So, we started out just talking about Kagome I think? And then you reached out to me! I think my life would be far less bright had you not, and so I’m thanking you, on THE SPECIAL BIRTH(TM) to remind you how wonderful it’s been since we’ve steadily gotten to know one another, and continue to! That’s such a journey and adventure in itself! Nina, I love your kindness, I love our tea-dates, I love your incredible hard-working self, (though please sleep oh my god) and your wisdom, your bright soul - how you are so much stronger than you know, so much more loved than you know!

 I love watching Ghost Adventures with you, getting into calls with you, feeling like our friendship is one that loves itself and takes care of itself, in a way, it fills in our differences, it delights in our similarities, and enjoys our consistent - and yeah we sure do laugh a lot, laughter. 

Friendship is so special when you know you can laugh with someone. When you can be raw and real but also be able to just be casual and ask how the day went - and to know it’s growing wow that is such a privilege for me! It’s about things like going to get some chai tea or babble about a food or story that drove us bonkers in our lives and smile together. 

Well, your voice sounds like it’s smiling when you’re happy, I know that much!  and like many, I wish I could be here with you in person today. We’d get some huge gummi bear bags and whatever you pleased, make a blanket fort or I guess like normal people sit...on something, watch every single show you ever liked, play X-2 (we’d have to start again if you’re okay with that because I’m so behind now or another game or a movie it’s all about you!) and I’d give you all the warm hugs and treaties (treats ok)! I still gotta make you my special spaghetti.

 But today I’m just here with you in the soul and the heart. I think that’s part of friendship, to me, personally two people decide to carry someone’s heart as part of yours because hey, that’ your friend and you wanna be there, rain or shine, and Nina, I’m always here to be another person who loves you to do that, and I plan to be here for you to do so! I’ll blow up your phone with Tutu gifs and goobery Lizzie/Tigger/Ahiru/Minako. 

You being happy makes me happy, I have so much love in my heart, so much gratitude. So thankful I have a friend who brightens my day just by being online, trusting me, having silly times with me, having serious talks with me, smiling even if we can’t see-it’s with me, that you’ve become a very important friend, and the joy of this journey bright, valuable Nina, is that you, and me, are on an adventure together in our own friendship as it evolves. So let’s have fun in it! Let’s celebrate today! 

Hey Nina? You’re existence is irreplaceable? No one can do what you do. No one can be you, and no one can exist the way you do. You are incredible just by waking up each morning, sleeping each night, just BEING! If you hadn’t been born I never would have met you, I never would be able to have my tea-dates and show-dates and talking-dates and laugh-dates, deep-talk dates and calls with you as your friend. I can only speak for myself, but I am so happy I met the kind, sassy, hard-working you, the wonderful you of so many things. I wouldn’t change her for the world, and it’s a blessing in MY life, having her part of mine. 

Thank you Nina for being born! Thanks for landing like the kick-ass comet you are! This world would be utterly missing out on the type of treasures only you can give it to make it better, kinder, braver, truer. So live your life and keep your head up high always! Especially today, knowing you are powerful, valuable, irreplaceable and deserve only the kindest, softest, brightest things this world can give. My heart and thoughts are gonna stick by you every step of the way. 

And know I’m here for you every step of the way if you’ll have me! Let our adventures continue in the natural wonderful way they do, okay? You up for it!? Gosh, I sure am.

I love you Nina. Your presence brings happiness and truth into life, into others, into my life, and endless adventure and realism - and every part of you is great. And nope you can’t argue because friends love each other where they’re at - and with friend-vision you love super hard! You’re stuck with me that way, haha.  Isn’t that hat’s the great adventure after all? So here’s my invisible cake, my arms are wrapped tight in words and all I can say over and over again - 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY NINA! THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING BORN! I’M SO HAPPY YOU’RE IN MY LIFE, THANK YOU FOR BEING IN IT AND MAKING IT BETTER! 

“I carry your heart with me. I carry it in my heart.”  - E.E. Cummings.

Love you always, your friend Lizzie.