thanks (to many)

here’s what i know:
if someone flies in from out-of-state for your birthday…
or if you’re invited over to someone’s house for drinks on a school-night…
and they show up for a late dinner downtown with 10-or-so other people that same night & laugh the entire way thru an average dinner with terrible service just because you asked them to…
or they coordinate a birthday party at your favorite bowling center to bowl multiple games & eat a cake with a picture of your face plastered on it…
and cheer you on while you bowl a lifetime high 226…
or they let you bring people with you to traipse about their property for no good reason…
or meet you out at midnight to celebrate your birthday, and dance the night away…
or volunteer to be your d.d…
or bake your favorite desserts for you…
or take you to an awesome basketball game…
or to an IMAX movie…they might care about you a little.
people are busy…lots to do…
time is precious…so remind them constantly that they are too.

thank you all for everything that you did & do, and i’m blessed to have you in my life.

thanks (to one)

i just wanna say this is the best birthday i have ever had…and that you are the biggest part of why i say that. i wanna tell you that time in my world stops and the sun shines brighter when you’re with me. i need to tell you that i laugh the hardest when it’s because of you and the feeling lingers long after i’ve stopped because i love you so much. i wanna ask you how it feels to know that you’re the most important person in someone’s life and that they don’t ever wanna experience their world without you in it again. i wanna express my excitement to you about how much we’ve done together in such a short time, and talk to you about how my expectations of our future together bring smiles to my lips daily because i know that you want everything for us that i do…and as badly too.
we just spent an entire week together for the first time ever. in that week, you visited my hometown, met my family, bowled with me, got up early for me, slept late with me, allowed me to cook you breakfast & dinner, and you ate every bite; you sang with me and for me, danced with me, ate too much birthday pumpkin roll, birthday cake, and birthday cobbler with me; Christmas shopped and exchanged gifts with me, saw John Legend with me, took me to my first IMAX movie & watched 5 others with me; ‘picumented’ my birthday party, kept me warm every night, held my hand everyday, squeezed me constantly for no good reason, and told me i was beautiful until i almost believed it…i’m still working on that…and i appreciate your patience with me in the meantime.
i just wanna say that you’re the best gift i’ve ever received…and the one i’ll always cherish the most…
you’re the thanks i offer at the end of every prayer, and my proof that they’re answered.
that’s all…i just wanted to say…today.