Happy birthday to my best friend in heaven

from the archive, before any of you were here

In January 2020, my best friend since 1st grade died of an extremely rare and aggressive cancer. Today would have been her 33rd birthday. In her honor, I’d like to re-share a short tribute I wrote to her a year after her passing in January 2021—something probably only 100 or so of you read, as I was still pretty new to Substack then. I hope this inspire…