Dear Coffee,

I would like to start this off with a thank you. Thank you for all the rough mornings you've gotten me through with your bittersweet taste and familiar, welcoming scent. Thanks for your willingness to change with the weather and thanks for always giving me the jitters even thinking about you as I sit through my first class. You always make sure I never start to snore in a room full of people - you truly have my back.

It's only been a few months since I first began seeing you, but I can honestly say that our relationship is unlike any I've ever had before. I've never felt so dependent and yet so loved, and you never make me feel needy when I indulge in a couple extra cups of you to help me survive my long nights of studying. I even stopped seeing tea for you. It was a tough goodbye, but I knew I had found the one that truly complimented my life.

You've been there for me through it all. The early morning (or afternoon) trips to the cafeteria and the strolls through the city. You never make me sit alone, and with you by my side, I feel like I can conquer the world. We had a little bit of a rocky beginning, me always getting a stomachache of nerves every time we met. And yet, over time, it's become more and more difficult to picture my life without you.

I hope I'm not coming on too strong (you never are, just the perfect amount of sweet), but I just had to share how I feel. If it's not too much, I'd like to dedicate my success in freshman year to you. You helped me find myself from behind the layer of fog and sleep, and my eyes have been opened to the world around me with you by my side.

Honestly, you've even helped me find my favorite places in the city, ones where I know I'll see you. Nothing is as special to me as walking into a shop and seeing you smile at me from across the counter. I can feel my heart speed up as I come closer and closer to our interaction of the day and I think about what you'll be dressed in when we meet. Will it be caramel or mocha? I know it's wrong to pick favorites, but I'll always have a special place in my heart for your days of french vanilla.

So, coffee. This one's for you. For the time we've shared, and our everlasting love until death do us part.

I love you.