Dear Krystal, When I think about you I can’t help but appreciate so many qualities about the amazing perosn you choose to be. For most people, it’s so easy to find that one quality that defines them above everything else. But It’s never one thing with you. Is it your passion for fairness and the way you care about people? Is it your love for freedom and the way you won’t let anyone control you? Is it your resilience and the way you stand strong when you carry the weight of the world on your shoulders? Is it the way you reflect, learn and grow from every second you experience? Or is it the way you catch yourself saying something mid-sentence and change it to be considerate of someone else’s feeling? Or maybe the way you share the finds that make your life better with the people you love? Or could it be the way you wear your heart on your sleeve? Or how you tend to lose yourself in your passions and emanate pure, infectious happiness to everyone around you? Your creativity and how well it works with your tasteful palate and inspiring style? The fact that you’re a legendary entertainer who can keep someone’s attention for a lifetime if you choose to? Your cleaver, quick-witted and effortless humor? I can sit here and reflect on your endlessly precious qualities for days- whether it’s 11 or just as easily 1100. To me, it’s all of these qualities and more that I so appreciate about you. But if I ever had to choose only one thing that I appreciate about you, more than anything else, it would be your dreams. To me, Krystal, your dreams are the most beautiful thing about you. Your dreams are courageously ambitious. They’re never just wishful thoughts. Because as lazy as you often tell yourself you are- all I’ve seen from you is dedication, discipline and hard work as you put everything you’ve got to get where you want to be. I respect and appreciate how you back your ambitions with actions. I admire and love how you share your dreams with the people around you. I am thankful that you inspire me to dream bigger and even go as far as to support my delusional dreams. And I hope you know that your dreams are a gift to you and everyone in your life. So to you, my dreamer friend, I wish you a very Happy 26th Birthday!!!! ❤️🎂 Getting to know you so far has been the honor of a lifetime. I am unbelievably lucky and absolutely grateful to have you in my life. I will forever wear your friendship like a badge, one that I’m sincerely proud of. I’m so glad that I get to dream with you and work together towards our goals throughout this next chapter of your life. Your friend- always & forever, Matt V. Valentine