Happy 21st birthday, my love 🤍

Twenty-one. Another year of you being here, another year of the world getting to know you, and another year that I get to be grateful for your existence. I don't think I could ever find the right words to explain how happy I am that life somehow led me to you. Out of all the people in this world, I get to know you this closely, to hear about your little stories, to witness your silly sides, to be part of your ordinary days, and to love you in ways I hope you'll always remember.

On your twenty-first birthday, I wish you a life that is gentle to you. I hope the years ahead bring you closer to everything you've been working towards. May you never run out of reasons to be excited about tomorrow, may your dreams find their way to you, and may you always have the courage to keep going, even on days when everything feels a little too much. I hope you become someone you're proud of, not just someone the world expects you to be. Don't be too hard on yourself, okay? You don't have to figure everything out all at once. You're allowed to take your time, make mistakes, change your mind, and grow at your own pace. I'll always be cheering for you, even in the smallest things you might not think deserve to be celebrated.

And if there's one thing I want you to know, it's that you are loved. Not only on your birthday, not only when you're happy, successful, or at your best, but also on the quiet days, the difficult ones, and the days when you don't feel like yourself. I hope you never question whether you're worthy of being loved. Because you are, in every version of yourself. So, hank you for being my person. Thank you for all the little things, the conversations, the laughter, the affection, and even the moments that seem ordinary but somehow become my favorite memories. I may not have the perfect words or the perfect ways to show it, but I hope you can feel how much you mean to me.

Here's to your twenty-first year, baby. To more stories, more laughter, more places to go, more things to discover, and more memories that we'll get to call ours. I hope I get to witness many more birthdays of yours, and I hope that in every chapter you write, you'll always find a little happiness in knowing that someone is rooting for you wholeheartedly. The world is lucky to have you, but I think I'm a little luckier because I get to call you mine. I love you, always <3