because I like ’em so much.
The most beautiful of birthdays, Carissa. You’re in a new place having probably some of the most exciting times you will have in your entire life. I hope you enjoy every moment of it—good or bad. I hope you never change and I hope you transform. You are an amazing person and I hope you see yourself the way we all do.
And stuff.
I’m sorry that I know this could be so much better. But I’ll sacrifice myself on the alter of friendship for you: