All the letters
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To Maya, from
Sam
Your best friend


Sam
Once on the bus, once at your mum’s, when she asked if I’d sent everyone the link and I had to pretend she meant a recipe.
Twenty-three people said yes in under a week. That’s what thirty years of you looks like: people who drop everything to write you a letter. I’ve read most of them already. Bring tissues.
Happy birthday. Here’s to the next thirty, and to the long table on Saturday.