HAPPY BIRTHDAY !!!!!
Before I get into sappy birthday stuff, first let me give a big sappy thank you to everyone who added to this picture! It means so much to me, and to Claire as well, I’m sure, that you all took the time to draw something for this! All the contributing artists are:
 tonique
 thatmonotrile
 boneitis
 doirn - who was also nice enough to do the text and background!!
 pugbites
 maybemantis
 xiki
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH. I seriously can’t thank you all enough for helping me make this picture! When the idea first came to me I was just gonna draw it all myself, but then I thought it would be so much more special to have something like this not just be a present from me, but from all of us.
For those of you who don’t follow Claire (you should start now), this picture was inspired by one of her own pieces:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/8944484/

It’s beautiful like all the rest of her art, but this picture especially really tugged at my heartstrings. Because she is a wonderful, talented, and ridiculously kind and caring person who should never have to feel like she’s alone. She’s everything I could ever ask for in a friend and makes my life bearable when everything else has gone wrong. This year has been absolute hell for me, but Claire has been there the whole time to help me along. My visit in January was the happiest I’d been in ages, and I can’t wait to go see her again just next month!

Claire, thank you so much for being my soul sista. There aren’t words to describe how happy I am to have you in my life.

So don’t forget that we are here for you.

And that someday, together, we’ll shine.