>40

Dear Dad, 
Here's to your birthday! If anyone asks how old you are, just say you are >40. And do not feel hesitant about saying that because we have heard first-hand of other people doing that! Also, technically speaking-- it would not be lying! 

Although this is coming from the girl who was a good enough liar to throw you a surprise 40th birthday party, the thing is, it really would not be a lie! You truly are so much greater than 40! I realize how bad that comes off, but I am not referring to your age, Mr. I-am-her-brother-not-her-dad! What I am trying to say is that you are so much greater than 40, because you are so much more than any number could measure up to or define. 

You are my dad, you are my hero, you are the weight of my world. 

I will always remember when we were in the hospital room and you told Anica and me that it would just be the three of us now. I will always remember the fear in your eyes when you broke that news to us. And I will always remember when I overheard you saying that if either you or Mom had to go, you wish it would have been you.

Those are some of the things I will always remember and these are some of the things I want you to always remember in return. Disregarding all our countless yet crucial mall outings, if there is one thing I could ever sincerely ask of you, it would be to take back that last statement. Granted, I would not even be the slightest all right without you or Mom. However, do not ever convince yourself for a second that she would have raised us better than you.

After all, you are my dad, you are my hero, you are the weight of my world. 

I aspire to be just like you. I swear, you deserve to be an official Marvel super hero, with an entire movie series production bought by Universal Studios, to commemorate all you have done for Anica and me. Yet for clarification purposes: Zac Efron would not play you. But seriously Dad, it is literally inhuman the powers you have, the strength you hold. You wear your heart as if it were an invisible cape, and you rescued us when we were in trouble. 

That is why you are my hero and the weight of my world; because you're my dad-- which makes me the luckiest girl alive.

So Happy 44th Birthday, Daddy! :) You are greater than 40, and likewise, my love for you is infinite.