Dear Mariya, My protector, my inspiration, my superhero… that’s how I’ve grown up marveling at how amazing you are; this letter from me is to tell you how much I love you. Growing up, we never really got along, those fights with you that were no less than wars … It’s funny how I now realize that the one I fought with day and night was my Angel in disguise, someone who could fight the whole world for my happiness. It was never surprising for me to stop crying and rest peacefully in your lap after a bad day. The countless unsaid sacrifices that you’ve made for me, and the innumerable times you’ve made me smile, Mariya you are like a rainbow filling colors in my life! :* If there is one place that I’ve kept all my secrets, strengths and weaknesses safely, that’s in your heart. You are the first one to know of my success, and the first one to hold me firm in my failure. Like my superhero you’ve come to my rescue even before I could actually ask <3 No wonder I’ve spent my whole life copying you… from the way you dress to the way you talk, you have no idea how much a “Wannabe Mariya” I’ve been all my life ^.^ Watching scary movies squeezing your arm, sneaking out for pizzas, experimenting in the kitchen, teaming up against ma and papa, and then fighting over to who ma and papa love more… I can’t think of a single thing in my life that didn’t have YOU <3 Thank you so much for making my life how wonderful it is! If there is someone who truly knows me and accepts me despite knowing me, then that would be you sister. HAPPY BIRTHDAY...!!! <3