the rest of us, and
To Micah, on his birthday.
, and micah;
we would be smaller without you.
our family’s sweet oxford comma,
proof of outside chances, of wonder, of how nothing is certain;
how life slides into place
when love disrupts, and then defines us.


July guys are extraordinary!
I would add this punctuation at the end: !!!
Because Micah is--and always has been--such a beacon of positivity and good will.