every facet

from high school summers

sleeping on jessica's tramp out in the middle of nowhere... or at least trying to

to jumping on marisa's tramp because we think we can take cool pictures mid-air, and then me realizing i like the donkey picture better than the mid-air ones

to showing me what college was, since i was stuck in blackfoot after she moved to byu

to being better than my parents sometimes

my family was out of town the weekend i was supposed to leave for college

so my two best friends sent me off instead

to milkshakes and playtime in provo

to coming back for parties in blackfoot

hanging out at our married friend's house

to temporarily trying to marry into my family

and then realizing she doesn't have to, since she's already in it

to meeting men from other countries--'twas a delightful february of australian infatuation  

cold outsides, warm outsides

and a lovely reminder in july

to more parties

with more friends

and more rootbeer

to five guys with doug

and to inside jokes

and more inside jokes

...........

she is my best friend

and i love every facet of this girl with every muscle of my heart

....and every vein/artery/other cardiac type things associated with my heart

thank you for being there for me since the dawn of time

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happy 21, dear marisa