Today is Mary's birthday. Mary probably doesn't know how grateful I am to have met her and how lucky I feel that life crossed our paths. The life that we live isn't always easy, friends come and go, some friendships are forced, others we grow into. But sometimes, this wandering life of ours is gracious and gives you a gem.. sometimes this life of ours, full of uncertainty, gives you a little something to hold unto. Mary you guys, is one of those people. Mary doesn't know, but she's one of my best friends. Mary is not a friend who grew on me. Mary is someone, whom no matter where I met, I would have loved and wanted as a close friend. Mary ALSO doesn't know, that she's saved our lives multiple times!! haha other than that Mary knows a lot of things. She's smart haha Anyway, for her birthday I thought she deserves a big fat thank you in the form of a list. Because.. Mary loves a list:
- Thank you for forcing me to get creative by taking away my code name "Mary" at Starbucks. Since you came into my life I have been: Sophie, Juliet, Chiara, and good old Jimena.
- Thank you for being my partner of NOT in crime. Meaning, thanks for having fun with me doing things that are not crazy, mischievous, or out of the normal. Thanks for having fun cleaning out my closet, walking over and over down Queen Street, and googling our names.
- Thanks for impromptu lunches and eating soup with me even in the hottest of days.
- Thanks for bringing some silliness into my life when I most needed it.
- Thanks for babysitting it when I literally was at the edge.
- Thanks for reminding me that it's ok to lose my shit. Thanks for letting me cry and tearing up with me.
- Thanks for being real. I admire how honest you are, you know who you are, what works for you and what makes you happy. And to hell with everyone else. I know sometimes you feel you're the odd one out, but I think what's more powerful is that you embrace that and don't let it change you. That my friend is what I call courage and I love that about you.
- Thanks for helping me rediscover myself (work in progress) after becoming momma to the craziest, but happiest little girl.
- Thanks for the photoshoots. Were it not for you, your camera, and your patience, Chiara would have maybe 4 good pics jaja
- Thanks for introducing me to avocado eye cream.
- Thanks for trying to make popsicles with me and then going home and figuring out a better recipe and bringing it over. Already made.
- Thanks for saving our lives. The amount of times you came over, at last minute request, to help me with the pee wee... I've lost count. You brought happiness to Chiara and you gave me a chance to breathe. Life Saver.
- Thanks for always being down for splurging and getting fresh.
- Thanks for coming over and not watching TV haha I really do enjoy our random conversations and questioning of instagram profiles.
- Thanks for the million coffees and 2 million croissants.
- Thanks for all the crock pot meals, the salads, and all the meals you've made that probably were the main reason I didn't dissappear at some point haha you don't know how much it meant to me that you went out of the way to make sure, I an adult, was fed at the tough times haha
- Thanks for embracing my love of: come over to do nothing with me. I really missed having a friend like that! Even when doing nothing means I clean, do laundry, or re-org my closet, but really we just sit there and talk while I sorta get things done.
- Thanks for loving Toronto with me & understanding I am so passionate I won't take a criticism. Except when the doc is bad, that's a fair complaint.
- Thanks for loving Kiki the way you do.
- Thanks for loving Harry Potter.
- Thanks for loving cute mugs, stripes and laughs.
- Thanks for reminding me being emotional and dramatic is ok sometimes. Thanks for being emotional and dramatic and being real about it.
- Thanks for trips to Antrho that go like this: Ugh I love everything here. Ugh why can't we afford it. Oh hey sale section. Ugh why are you so expensive. Ok we'll try it on. Ugh why don't you fit properly. Oh hey look at this... yea ok we shouldn't buy any of it. But sometimes, we do.
- Thanks for cinnamon bread.
- Thanks for loving cleaning like I do.
- Thanks for being our friend!
See what I did there? 26 thank yous!!! Happy 26th Mary the Fairy!! We will always be grateful for having you in our lives.