This is all about Kiki, and my meager attempt to put into words how special her friendship is to me, and how much I truly appreciate her.

Thanks Isn't Enough: I just want to say for being such an honest and loyal friend.

In the short time we've known each other we've been through a lot, and you've put up with a lot of my crud. You've heard me, and not just listened. You've been in the trenches of my mind and come out swinging, putting perspective and untwisting my tangles. Thanks for braving the barbed wire & getting a few scratches for lil ole me. You're an awesome trooper.

Good Times: Building bookshelves, painting rooms, moving furniture from one end of the house to another and back again... Being there for me through the loss of a pet and me being there for the adoption of your kitty... You've put up with the managerie's expansion and explosion... From the tattoo's to the hair dye experiments and the balloons gone wild to the library raiding and the movie watching to game playing and helping Mamma & Lucille to just plain chilling out with each other - you've been here for me even when others haven't, for that you've earned my trust, respect, honor, loyalty, and deepest appreciation.

You have my heart, and I'm going to miss you more than anyone when you finally have to go. But I don't want that to hold you back. I'll always hold our friendship and the time we've had together with high regard, and the highest of esteem. It's been priceless - the good and the bad. I've learned so much, and grown so much, and that time can never be taken away. I'm just glad I've learned to appreciate the time I have while I have it. Please know that I do appreciate you and everything you do, and I just know that we'll keep in touch. 8)

My Thoughts About You: You're so damn smart. We joke about sharing the brain cell between us, and which one of us has custody at any given moment - but truth be told you've got sole custody and then some. You're a whole-package kind of chick if you give yourself a chance. You're damn smart in your thinking, reasoning and philosophy; uber-sexy in the way you carry yourself and behave; majorly understanding in the way you treat me; fiercely loyal to your friends & me; truly honest and I simply adore that... You're also original, creative, funny, wise, determined, energetic, deep, sensitive, real, caring, & all the other things I admire in people who are themselves and don't really care about impressing people. I love that you don't care whether people like you unless they accept you for who you are. I admire your strength and courage, and am lucky to know you.
In short: Thanks for being You. Thanks for Everything.