BlackPearl #1 ian's very nn bad girl

happy birthday, @DPRIAN_ ♡ sometimes i think about how strange it is that we only ever get to see little fragments of another person’s life. a song here, a photo there, a few minutes of a live, a glimpse of lori, a new hobby, some random thought you decided to share with us. and somehow, those tiny little fragments end up becoming memories for people you’ll probably never even know. i hope you know that the things you create travel so much farther than you can see. your music becomes part of someone’s morning, someone’s long drive, someone’s awful day, someone’s happiest memory. your art finds people in places you might never even imagine, which is honestly kind of crazy to think about. and i’m especially grateful that this year gave me the chance to see you in person. out of all the little moments that made up my year, getting to see you is definitely one i’m keeping. i’m genuinely so happy i got to have that memory this year. so on your birthday, i hope some of that same warmth makes its way back to you. also, i’ve been feeling pretty sad seeing everything happening around us lately, and i honestly didn’t know what to do with that feeling. so for your birthday, i decided to turn a little bit of it into something good. i made a few little donations here and there, just hoping to put some good back into the world. nothing huge, just small things i could do. i hope this next year gives you plenty of reasons to wake up excited. i hope you get to finish the stories you’ve started, stumble into new ones, pick up random hobbies at 2am for no reason, and have enough quiet moments in between to just exist and enjoy your life. and when you disappear from the internet for a while, i hope you’re somewhere happy. somewhere peaceful. somewhere with good food, good sleep, and lori waiting for you at home. happy birthday, christian. keep being curious. keep making things. keep finding new things to care about. and please keep living your life at your own pace. we’ll be here.