23 candles this year, Amisha, near or far, still my buddy.
It's strange how someone can be a thousand miles away and still feel close enough to laugh with. We didn't get much time together but somehow it was enough time to become "buddy" to each other, the kind of nickname that just sticks.
A whole year has gone by without a single hallway chat or lunch break catch-up, and yet I still think back to those days more often than you'd guess. Short doesn't always mean small. Ours was short and it was great.
So today, on your 23rd, from wherever I am to wherever you are HAPPY BIRTHDAY. I hope this year hands you everything you're hoping for, and maybe someday soon, a proper reunion too.
The only four I've got. from the last time.
Tap the candle. Let it carry something good her way.