ode to birthdays

 my birthday dinner.

it was pleasant. & i can't believe i'm nineteen years young.

love, mandy

mom, you take my words away.

i really love you.

happy birthday.

love, mandy

21. the happiest birthday

(this image reminded me of you. ha. anyways, if you are reading this, you probably just found clue #10. yeah, i'm making you climb sur le toit. advice: don't fall, it's a long ways down.)

dear bella,
i love you dearly.

i don't consider myself qualified to give you any birthday advice, but people say that pretending to know what you're doing is almost the same as knowing what you're doing. so here we are, and that's what we'll do.

advice enters:
you’ve only got one life to live, so live it dancing. live it laughing. live it with grace.
don’t live it taking yourself too seriously. please wear mismatched socks. walk on your tiptoes like we did when we were little. laugh louder than everyone else in the movie theater. ask lots of questions. stand up for yourself. put glitter on everything tangible. be nice to others. drink copious amounts of tea/coffee. believe in miracles.
also, try to see as much of the world as you can in your short amount of time.
and please—love your flawed, beautiful self wholly.

but you dear, are living a wonderful life already. and for you, i'm not worried at all. your combined wit, wisdom, and wondrousness has baffled me. i am happy, so very happy you are my sister.
you have made me proud, and am sure to only become more so.

i am excited for all the adventures we will have together and alone.
hand in hand or ten million miles apart i know you will be living your heart out. you taught me, so i will too.

i love you.

with love,
mandy

my dad

Dad, you are as much of a hunk today as you were fifty-three years ago. just don't go wearing overalls again, i'm not sure you could pull it off. 

happy birthday.

Birthdays are good for you. Statistics show that the people who have the most live the longest.-Larry Lorenzoni

my joyeux anniversaire

1.j.crew weatherby rain boots.
[red please.]

2. canon fish eye lense.

3. a bouquet of flowers sent to my door.
4. a string of light bulbs.

5. a yellow dress.
6. a polaroid camera/ and or film.(see here)
7. the beatles vinyl album.

8. a trip to the ocean.
9. bubblegum. the good kind.
10. the "office theme song" played for me on the piano.
11. a uke. [id name her june]
12. john mayer...or maybe just his cd.♥