Two old ladies in a rocking chair blowing bubbles with purple hair

Today is bob's birthday. She is one of the group of three that is our trinity. bob came into my life over a decade ago. The first time I saw her speak I thought, "I need to know this person because she is brilliant." We didn't really talk too much and then I went to France for a year. Fortunately when I came back we ended up at a foreign language magnet school together. She was studying Japanese and I pretended to study French. We rode the bus together and after a few awkward times where I would sit next to her and say nothing for an hour she warmed up to me. (Neither of us can remember how or why so maybe it was just destiny bonking us over the head and saying, "Damn it! How many more signs do you need!")
The rest is history because we have spent the last 13 years reading each other's minds and being each other's best confidants.
I can't say words to define how grateful I am to the universe for this human being. She is full of light and hope and can always make me laugh. (That is a big deal because we all know I don't have a sense of humor). On her birthday I honor who she is and the beauty she has brought into my life. I love you bob!!!