Dear sweet girl,

I'm not sure if you know how often I thank God that He put you in my life, but it seems like I find a new reason to love you every single day.

You came into my life at a time when I didn't need you, nor did I think that I was going to need you, but man, God was planning this because I have been proved wrong again and again.

Coming into college, I really wasn't prepared for the toxic relationships that started to grow. I've always been the girl who liked hanging out with guys more because it was just easier, but I was determined to get to know some girls. With that came some horrible decisions, both on my part and not, to try to maintain relationships that just weren't good for me. But then few months in, you showed up and this time, I didn't have to try to be someone I wasn't, because you loved me for me.

Thank you for being the person that I've needed you to be for the past nine months. It's easy to just say thank you for just being you overall and so I wanted to do something a little bit more difficult and thank you for just a few specific things.

1. Thank you for being my accountability partner. Thank you for calling me out when I'm being sassy for no reason, or when I'm being completely unreasonable. Thank you for checking up on me when you know that I'm struggling with something. Thank you for not letting me push my issues aside because I don't want to deal with them.

2. Thank you for making me hang out with people even when I want to be alone because it really is what's best at the time, but...

3. Thank you for also staying in with me when you know that I really don't want to be around other people and that is what's best at the moment. I'm really really glad to have found another person who gets it when I say I'm an "extroverted introvert" because you know what it's like to love people so so much and still need to be alone at times.

4. Thank you for the countless times we've cried listening to Carrie Underwood in the car and for that being a safe place where we can be open and honest with each other about anything. I know that whenever either of us needs to get something off of our chest we can just hit up the other and be like "yo wanna drive?" And it will all be okay. And Temporary Home will forever be our go to song despite all the tears it brings and the almost car crashes that come from that.

5. Thank you for not judging me for the guys I've liked and for not teasing me too much. Thank you for knowing when enough is enough and having my back when others don't seem to get it.

6. Thank you for being super weird with me and doing crazy things that no one else would want to do like taking pictures in the laundromat because you saw a cute one on Pinterest.

7. Thank you for loving me despite our differences and the arguments that they sometimes cause. I'm sorry that I can be obnoxious, but I'm so glad that you can be too because sometimes we both need a reality check.

8. Finally, thank you for always being up for Sonic mozzarella sticks and milkshakes. Those little dates mean the world to me.

I'm not sure you'll ever really know how much I appreciate you because sometimes I suck at showing it, but remember that nothing is a coincidence and God definitely put us together for a reason. It's not easy for me to be honest with people and I often regret sharing pieces of my heart with others because they always end up disappointing or leaving me, but you're a special one and I don't see myself regretting our friendship anytime soon.

I love you bunches BUD.