To My Best Friend on Her 35th Birthday!

Hells,

Where do I begin? You are such an amazing person and I am glad you are in my life. We’ve shared so many memories together over the years and have so many more to come. Thank you for always being by my side through everything. Thank you for being the best listener, your support, for being goofy, for being sincere, for the laughs and the cries, thank you for your honesty and your loving heart.

There is not a single person in the world like you and I’m glad to have you in my life. Life would definitely be boring without you in it. I mean, who else would dress in all black and crawl through a ditch for fun? Or drink wine by the fire and end up laying on the dock star gazing all night long... How did we not fall in? Our girls nights in and out. Thinking we were so cool wrapping ourselves in toilet paper on New Years Eve. Wearing our favorite white shoes from Walmart. Endless trips to Maplewood Mall to buy the perfect outfit for going out. Going on double dates with our hubbies, to see horrible horror movies, to name a few.

I’m so grateful for your friendship over the last 28+ years. And I’m also grateful that we have been able to share each phase of our lives together. From elementary school to our weddings to the births of our babies and now this next phase of applying extra face creams and lotions to make us look 16 again.

There are unlimited reasons why you are my best friend, but here are 35 of them:

1. You have the biggest heart in the world

2. You are the most selfless person in the world

3. You are the best listener

4. You love pizza and zebra cakes as much as I do

5. You put everyone ahead of yourself

6. You love the movie, Dirty Dancing as much as me

7. You love my kids likes they are your own

8. You are passionate about life

9. You would never pass up a bestie trip to target even if we were just there yesterday

10. You are ambitious and go after what you want

11. You go out of your way to help others when they need it most

12. You are supportive

13. You still have every CD you have ever made from high school

14. You remember everyone’s names and let me know if I should know who the person is

15. You are my Water Works dance partner on 15+ nights on school nights

16. You have enormous inner strength when things get tough

17. You are super-duper pretty

18. You would give anyone the shirt off your back

19. You give the best hugs when times are tough

20. You always know what to say when I need it the most

21. You remember every memory we have ever created together and often have to remind me

22. You are confident and smart

23. Your outlook on life is so positive

24. Your faith in God is very important to you

25. You can rock a pair of cowgirl boots and flannel shirts

26. You are so supportive of anything I do

27. You have been there for me through the good and bad

28. You don’t like breakfast food, which is so weird...but whatever

29. You are always up for a good time

30. You are beautiful inside and out

31. You give the best advice

32. You have amazing strength and courage

33. You put your family first

34. You are an amazing mommy and wife

35. You would sit in the back of my car with a complete stranger I picked up at a stoplight

Here’s to another year of us thinking we are the funniest people on the planet, eating pizza in the car, coming up with our next crazy idea, Target runs, our kids driving us nuts, our husbands getting on our last nerve and drinking too much. I love you Hells!

xoxo,

Tre