Today, I celebrate a friend and one-time crush. An old soul that drinks deep from the Pierian Spring.

She has an uncanny ability to disarm and empower in one breath.

I keep a healthy distance from people who enchant me, too scared to allow proximity clear the charm.

Like the ocean, the occasional turbulence at the surface does not distract her from the depth of her being.

May each moment feed her journey.

I am thankful for friends that appeal to the better angels our nature.