LOML. As always, I’m a few days late but that doesn’t mean a thing when it comes to the fact that you deserve to be celebrated always. My girl through thick and thin, one of my old friends ‘round this place, one truly amazing person. I cannot believe that we’re going on to nearly a decade of friendship… can y’all believe this girl has put up with me for THAT long? She’s listened to my whining and I’ve managed to survive her outrageously witty comin’ at ya Kitty Wilde? And don’t even get me started on my love Mia Dawson… It’s still a little insane to me. I remember back when it was just you, Mandie and I hanging around when we had nothing better to do… when y’all would tease me for “hanging out under the bleachers” when I was in high school and the highlight of my night was hearing your random Floridian stories taking place at your old job at TJMAXX. We’re still here, years later, and I wouldn’t change a thing. Thank YOU for being the other half to the Dawesomes, thank YOU for the years of friendship, thank YOU for all those peanut butter cookies from Publix I still continue to miss out on, thank YOU for all those late night Skype calls I needed to make me laugh, thank YOU for hearing me out when I feel like I’m going crazy. All and all, thank YOU for being the amazing person that you are. I love you so much, my looooove. I promise I will have that blanket for you made sometime by Christmas… it just may be Christmas 2021. That just means you have to stick with me for another year. 💛😉 Happy birthday!! EVERYONE GO SHOWER HER WITH THE LOVE SHE DESERVES!

PHOEBE TONKIN for InStyle Magazine Australia, 2019