Twenty-One.

What I wrote on the card: "Okay I have nothing to give but this so yeah..UHH, HAPPY BIRTHDAY HYPERBOLA. Twenty One! GEEZ, How old ARE you. Ammi says she'll get you the gift tomorrow, and I got no card, hence this, and as for me I sincerely hope BDS isn't the ruin of you and that you manage to pass the remaining of the two years so you can attend functions and such because I get bored and need someone to annoy. So yeah. That was my AWESOME birthday wish to you. DUH DUH DUHH. Okay Bye. "

(and then she said: "AW, THIS IS CRAP, BUT, VIRTUAL HUGGG." And I was like in front of her. So I cracked up.)

What I really wanted to write: "You're the best big sister ever, in the whole wide world, I love you to death, and my life would be barren and sad without you. You're downright gorgeous, inside and out, and secretly, I wish I can be like you someday. You're like the perfect role model for me, and you've been there through it all. Your help, your advice and all the crazy talk that uplifted me when I was down, I could never thank you enough for it. You've kept me laughing at times I wanted to break and run away. You've helped me because I know I was not alone in what I feel today, that you went through the same things. And the fact that you turned out so amazing, so awesome makes me hold on, and not give up. It keeps me going everyday. I don't want to imagine the house without you, but I know you'll be gone two years later. I don't even want to think about it. I've gotten so used to cracking up every single day with you inside this house that I can't imagine it without you roaming around or stuck in a corner, studying. But two years later it will have to happen, you will leave, and I don't know how I will bear this without you. I have no idea. So I'm going to make these two years worth something, I'll try to. I'm so proud of you already, and I'm going to pray every chance I get, that Allah gives you the very best through out your life, that you become the greatest Dentist ever, that you smile forever, and keep all of us smiling like this forever more, and that you see all the happiness anyone could ever get. You're amazing. I love you."