Eighteen, Uncorrupted

Ana turns eighteen today. I’ve been trying to write something about her that doesn’t immediately collapse into birthday-post clichés, and I’m struggling, because the honest truth is that she’s just genuinely a good person in a way that’s hard to make interesting on the page.

She’s never been snobby or mean or closed off. You can have a stupid conversation with her or a real one and she’ll meet you wherever you are. That’s rarer than people think. Stay that way, Ana. Happy birthday.