Recently I have just begun to re-watch all of the seasons of Grey's Anatomy from the beginning. If you are familiar with the show, you know that the main character, Meredith Grey, and Cristina Yang are #bestfriendgoals. Their "thing", if you will, is that they are each others "person". This has become one of the many infamous quotes that has been taken from the show. As I am re-watching the episodes, I started thinking about my person, and how much they mean to me. And so, this is for My Person. Thank you for always being there.

I will never forget the first day of freshman year. We were in homeroom, sitting silently, nervous for the first day of high school and you lightened the mood, breaking the silence and making small talk with the teacher. Your pure exuberance immediately calmed my anxiety, and I can specifically remember thinking, "I want to be her friend."

And then throughout the following days, you made even more of an impression on me as you were constantly making jokes during English class and making us all laugh. And of course, the way we met, when you walked up to me and two other people with a mustache drawn on your face and asked "is my mustache even?". From that moment forward we were friends.

You may look at these memories as embarrassing, but I see them as endearing. I am so incredibly happy that we became friends. We have both come so far and grown so much. I feel like a proud parent, watching how much you have grown and matured and the things that you have overcome.

You have been there for me through so much, even when I would shut down and cut myself off from everyone, you were still there for me when I resurfaced.

You are the one person that I know in real life who understands the fandom life, and that seems frivolous, but it's surprisingly comforting to have someone to gush to over your fave, even if you can't relate.

One of my absolute favorite memories is the time that we took a trip to New York City for the ABC Upfronts and met the casts of Grey's Anatomy, Scandal, and How To Get Away with Murder. Not only did we meet some amazing people, just experiencing an opportunity like that with you was amazing.

You are my person. You're like my sister. When I have no one else, I know that I have you. You're always there. You are such an inspiration, and I am so incredibly proud of you. It makes me so emotional to think about incredible of a person you are and how you light up every room that you walk into.

Our high school career is almost over, I can't wait to see what college has in store for us. To all of these memories, and many more to come.