An Ode To Someone Special

I know I’m late! I really, really suck at this kind of stuff. I don’t have Parental Unit #1’s memory or Mel’s knack for sending cards. I really, really suck at this kind of stuff.

Harmonica and I have been friend for close to 10 years now (wow!-damn your old girl!) and I have yet again let another year slip by without telling her how wonderful she is. Harmonica has been there through thick and thin (meaning my highs and low {I swear I could be bi-polar}). She has helped me with the loss of my Woobie, Miss Priss, my PawPaw and my Brian. She has helped me to understand the crazy that is my family and the crazy that is me. She has discussed with and educated me on politics, religion, societal pressures and accounting (Mon – I still say that the accounting world should do their debit & credits like everyone else). Most importantly she has brought strength, happiness, understanding, logic, goofiness (you should see her drunk), intelligence, faith and love into my life. I am a better person for knowing her.

She is a mommy now and she shared that experience with me. I got to hear all the nasty gruesome stuff that you really don’t want to hear. I wanted to know, so she told me. Even though she is a reserved person, I got to feel Speck rumbling around in her belly (you have to be part of the inner circle). I got to go baby shopping and I got to throw a baby shower. Even when the shower hit a huge glitch (you know how sorry I was about that {God! I just love my family}), she just shrugged her shoulders and said “So we will do something else”. Harmonica has a heart the size of the universe, a sense of humor as twisted as Yen’s head, enough love to accept the good, the bad and the ugly, and she loves road trips! What more could a friend ask for. More to the point I never had to ask.

Thanks Harmonica for being my friend. Happy Birthday.