Dear my person:

When God placed you in my life, He gave me immeasurable joy. He gave me memories that I'll cherish forever. He gave me all this through you. Thinking back, I don't remember life without you, even though we've been best friends six years this month! It's so strange to think there was a time in life that you weren't my best friend.

You are my person. Owen on Grey's Anatomy once said "I don't have to say a word. She just looks at me and sees who I am and how I feel and accepts it. She doesn't try to change it or wants to change it. That person. There's a billion people but I imagine there's only one of her." and while he was definitely talking about Cristina Yang, it applies to us.

Thank you for all the late night sonic runs at ten o'clock after I got off work. Thank you for all the Casa dates and basically always being down to get food, no matter what time it is, and thanks for never letting me eat alone. Even when we were 71 miles away from each other due to college, you'd still FaceTime while I was eating somewhere on campus so I didn't have to be alone.

Thank you for all the adventures. From riding to Guntersville while stuffing our faces with McDonald's and blaring One Direction and Fifth Harmony to calling our parents so we could leave prom early and go bowling, you've always been down for any crazy idea I come up with. Thank you most of all for telling me no to some of them and keeping me out of serious trouble. You're the real MVP.

Thank you for all the ridiculous amounts of love you've shown me. You stood by my side as we graduated high school. You were there for me when my dad had some major health problems going on. You have always loved and accepted me for me, and you've never tried to change me, unless it's my sassy attitude, which we all know will probably never change. (But hey, at least you tried, right?)

Thank you for all the years full of love and laughter and memory making. Thank you for always standing by my side, so I never had to stand alone. Thank you for all the many nights of comfort and prayers and for always letting me know I have someone who cares and loves me, no matter what. Thank you for always aggressively believing in me, defending me, and thinking that I deserved the world.

"A friend loves at all times.." -Proverbs 17:17