happy birthday to yyyyyyyyy!
(bc something about the heading didn’t look significant enough with only one Y)
i’m so glad y posted that anyone with a corona birthday should be allowed to reschedule to a less fraught time because this policy means that she still has a birthday to come and i did not, in fact, forget that it was yesterday and let it pass without notice.
now many of you probably already know that y is a super-sharp writer with a hilariously caustic eye who’s willing to plumb the depths of human vulnerability with equal parts sensitivity and ruthlessness. some of you also may know that when not writing the brilliant stories that make you cry and/or piss you off, she spends her days helping others. she is a person full of contagious enthusiasms. i love how much she loves nature! I love how much she loves her dog!
but here’s the thing. i’ve been having an extremely difficult few months and through it all y has been unfailingly kind, loving, and supportive to me. as E.B. White famously said, “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Ymorton was both.”
and so, with love, a happy birthday to you, y, yesterday and on the future uncorona’d day of your choosing! see you on the other side of the apocalypse <333333333333
