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A Letter To My Friend

To those friends in my past, present and future

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A Letter To My Friend
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"The greatest gift of life is friendship, and I have received it" -Hubert H. Humphrey

Dear friend,

I would just like to start by saying thank you. Thank you for being such an important part of my life. Despite how long it's been since I've seen or spoken to you, I want you to know that I think about you every day. You have impacted my life and helped change me for the better. I know that I am hard to get to know. I know that I push buttons you didn't even know you had. I know that sometimes you probably just want to punch me in the face. But I also know, that I'd be nothing without a friend like you.

As I'm growing older and entering adulthood, I often think about everything and everyone that has helped mold me into the woman I am and continue to become. I think about the children on the playground that used to play tag with me, the friends from middle school that I swore I wouldn't be able to survive high school without, the friendships in high school that ended about as soon as they started, and the friends that I have now. I am a firm believer that people enter your life for a reason. Each person you come across is a piece to the ever growing puzzle that is one's life.

As children we learn how easy it is to make friends. As adults, we learn how easy it is to lose them. I'd like to take this opportunity to apologize for the mistakes I've made, the ones I continue to make, and the ones I'll undoubtedly make. For those in my past, I am sorry if I am the reason we are no longer in each other's lives. For those in my present, I respect our friendship more than anything else and I am sorry if I sometimes don't show it. For those in my future, I am sorry you have to bear with me.

Although I speak constantly in what seems like a neverending stream of sarcasm, cheesy pickup lines, and song lyrics, I am a person of few words. It's hard for me to express how I feel in words. Please understand that it doesn't mean that you don't mean the world to me. It just means I express it in ways that you might not even acknowledge. I express my love for you in the way I smile when I see you. I express my love by buying you food or making you cookies. I express it by showing you my favorite songs. I express my complete adoration for the person you are by giving you a piece of myself that you will have forever.

You, my friend, have made my life worth living in times when I didn't want to.

Love always,

Skylin

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