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To my lovely Amalie,
Happiest Birthday to you. I could write a million words and none of them would be enough, not a single one worthy of the person you are and the person you’re becoming. This is the second of your birthdays I have been lucky enough to spend with you and I will do everything in my power to make sure it is the best one yet.
I have found a best friend, an older sister, and a home in you. You are my safe place, my comfort, my happiness. You are my heart and the other half of me. I don’t want to spend a single day without you. Sometimes I think it must be a burden for you to hold the sun between your palms. It mustn't be easy to bring light into so many people’s lives yet you make it look effortless.
You’re doing well. I’m proud of you. I’ll always be proud of you. You’ve taught me empathy and kindness. You’ve taught me how to be considerate and how to be there for people. You’ve taught me that it's okay to lend other people your strength because you’ll get it back one way or another. You’ve taught me that I can borrow strength from others if I need to, that leaning on other people is okay and sometimes the only way we can move forward. You’ve shown me the spectrum love exists on, that it isn’t a singular feeling but in fact lot’s of little ones knitted together and it exists as something different for every person. Big things scare me but with you they seem okay. You make me feel like a good person. You make me feel like I'm worthy of being loved. I like the person I am with you and I think that’s what love means. I get so caught up in trying to figure things out when a lot of time they’re right in front of me. I love you so much Amal, there aren’t a lot of things I know for certain but I do know I will continue to say those three words to you until my lungs give out.
I wanted to do something meaningful for your special day but nothing felt like enough. So please enjoy this instead and don’t hate me for it (✿╹◡╹)
Love, your Rahi <3