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Another year older and wiser too!

Dear Reader,


Happy Birthday to one of my best friends! Ok, it was his birthday yesterday and I was incredibly busy all day, but he is very important so he still needs recognition. Tyler, my roommate for over a year now, is one of my best friends and we will be friends for life. It is pretty incredible how similar our opinions are on different topics of life. Let me tell you a little about how marvelous Tyler is.

We have lived together for over a year and have never had a serious fight. Obviously we have had disagreements, but Tyler is so relaxed and easy-going that we have never even come close to being mad at each other. That takes talent when living with me.

Tyler is also one of the smartest people I have ever met, both in books smarts and street smarts. He graduated from Brigham Young University with a degree in Neuroscience. He is amazing with numbers. For heaven's sake, we discuss GMAT math questions together. Pretty cool, right? He is also very wise when it comes to life's ups and downs. I can't begin to explain how understanding he is whenever we talk about relationships religion. He is wise beyond his years. He sometimes has weird ideas, but he has lots of good ones that kind of overshadows the weird ones.

The last attribute I'll mention (By no means is it the last good attribute that Tyler has) is his giving personality. Those who have visited our apartment know that we have a "community shelf" in the kitchen. This shelf is free game for anyone who comes to the apartment. This is good and bad. We shelve food that disappears quickly and we shelve items like light bulbs. In a few words, anything on this shelf is free game for anyone. Tyler has by far contributed most to the community shelf. That is just one example of how much he is willing to give. Another part of his giving attitude is immediate reaction to give. He won't think twice about giving a ride to someone or buying lots of food for a party that he's not even hosting.

I love Tyler. He has shown me so much Christ-like love this year that we have lived together. I am glad to count him as a friend. Happy Birthday, Bro.

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