Birthdays

Another friend of mine, BD, is having a birthday today.  Do birthdays bring out the best writing in me?  Do they bring out the best in everyone?  I sure hope so.  Birthdays remind us of the best in everyone, and so we make plans to celebrate the best.  Let's make this a birthday-best madlibs.  You can fill in your own nouns and verbs and the rest.

Dear (your name):

(Adjective) birthday!  I am so (adjective-emotion) to know you.  I remember when we first met.  It was my (number +st/rd/th/etc) year in (noun) school.  You learned my name, but told me I looked like a (girl's name), not a Laura.  One year, on my birthday, my sister left me with you at the (ethnicity) festival in Portland.  We watched the (adjective) dancers, tasted delicious (type of ethnic food), and listened to a speaker discuss (adjective) art and icons.  It was (adjective)! 

It turns out that all the time, my sister had been planning a surprise (noun) for me!  Well, as you remember, I felt very (adjective) and was so (noun-feeling) that all of my friends had come to (verb) me for my birthday.  It was the best (noun) ever!

Today is your (noun) and I hope that you feel at least as (noun-feeling) as I did on that day.  I wish you (adjective) food, enthusiastic (plural noun), and so much (whatever). 

(ing-verb) (of) you today!