best friends come in twos

I couldn't quite decide which picture to put up for your birthday,

So I looked for the ones that hold the most meaning to me.

Real Bear Hugs are hard to find nowadays.

Thank you for defining true friend to me 

- even if it means years of dysfunctional 

fights/talks/phone calls/parties/dances/dreams/travel/etc.

thank you for being family to me.

 Come home soon!

But soar! Be the person that you were meant to be -- wherever that may be!

It breaks my heart that we are all so far from each other,

but I love reminding you guys that I'm always right here for you. Always.

to forever being the crazy ones.

Here's to another year Mr. Andrew Gerard Dacay! 

They say bestfriends are rare and hard to find -- lucky for me I guess that I found two of mine in the halls of my kindergarten classroom. It's been ages since then, we've both grown up and have gone through every aspect of friendship imaginable and you've shown me just what it means to be a true friend -- to be there despite the dark era, depite the long distance, despite the secrets we share, despite the crazy things life throws at us.

There's just so much to say but its never enough. So let me just say, Happy Birthday! 

and hope our umpth-level of friendship speaks the volumes that I want to say.