i would like to thank
your mom and dad.
for their love of each other,
and their miscalculation of birth control.

and i would like to again thank you for doing the dishes last night,
so that today’s birthday breakfast would go smoothly.

and thanks for fighting the urge to look slash act old.
you are only one year away from the triple dec-er after all.

oh, and thanks for deciding i was worth marrying.
it will make the rest of my birthdays
a million times better.

love you
~m