I Said I Wouldn't Make A Big Deal...
So, I won't. Not officially anyway. But unofficially, it's a very big fucking deal.
Today, much too late to make the early edition of Bitchface, I spoke with a friend who let it slip that I missed a birthday. Hers. Yep. Sure did.
I blame it on the fact that my social media is doing a shitty job of reminding me of everything I should have written down. So much for technology. Not even taking the blame correctly.
Neither here nor there. She says I’m not allowed to make a big deal over it. She doesn’t want a big fuss. Ok. Because I’m the Queen Of Lowkey.
Oh, shit. I’m totally not. As a matter of fact, there’s not a single fucking thing in my life I’ve done lowkey.
But, because I love her dearly, and she asked I will make this giant fuss anonymously.
So, let me start by saying, friend, you are my hero. I have watched you this year as you navigated a life that would have knocked another bitch clean off of her wedge heels. You didn’t even teeter.
I watched you find forgiveness in your heart for someone who stole the most precious thing in your life from you, and then ask me to find it in my heart. I admire you so much for that. For being so strong, and yet the biggest heart I have ever seen beats in your chest.
Every time I look up with my own tears in my eyes, I see you. Still being unafraid and giving life a right hook because it tried to cold cock you when you weren’t looking. It reminds me that if you’re still swinging after all of this fuckery, I better woman up and get my damned mascara right.
I promise you, without your support, I couldn’t have come this far. I may have sat it down a ways back. You never doubted me. I thank you so very much for that.
You are the absolute embodiment of a friend, and I am so damned glad that you’re my friend. Even though I can’t make a big deal out of it, you gave me the gift on your birthday, which is just like you to do. I love you and I am so glad you’re in my corner. Happy Birthday, girl, and this was nothing close to a big deal. It’s just the shit I think every day when it comes to you.