Dearest Monique,
First, I want to wish you a sweet belated birthday (08/03/25). I tried to think of something to give you that was meaningful and it took a while to figure it out. What I really want to give you is time.
I searched the Internet and found a post by a feller by the name of Nick Deakin who was discussing how time was measured. He said:
"Without clocks, heartbeats were used to measure short increments of time in antiquity, boiling an egg, measuring speed, the number of knots on a rope when released from a ship, counted over heartbeats (approximately a second)."
I want you to know our hearts beat for you, every second, for eternity. I cherish our time spent texting and chatting as our friendship grew, and mostly, that day we spent together when you were here for Mallory's birth. That was a day in time I will always remember with awe for what it was and what it meant to Taylor to have you near.
So I found this little clock and hope you will keep it near, and as the seconds tick on, know our hearts are treasuring you. 💕
