Growing up some of us are fortunate enough to have that one, or even a group of friends, who you can easily say you’ve been friends with since Kindergarten or even diapers. But sometimes, somewhere along the way, life gets in the way. We grow up and go on to different high schools and move away to college, and we lose touch with those special friends who we share most of our young memories with. And yes over those years we change a great deal and we might not share the same interests we found ourselves sharing in common in the third or fifth grade but we do tend to still share a common concern for each other.

For some we may find ourselves estranged because of a falling out we had or maybe it really is just the craziness of our everyday lives, but there’s still a concern. We want to know how you’re doing, how your family is, how college is going, if you love it or hate it, and if you’re still crushing on that kid we spent hours talking about at each other houses. When we shared those secrets we didn’t want anyone else to know we did it knowing that we were entrusting our ‘darkest secrets” with someone we had come to love as a best friend, and may still see as one. These friends, regardless of how long it's been since we last spoke or saw each other are still people we saw good in and enjoyed their friendship.

We saw at a young age that this person or people were someone it was okay to be yourself around. These were the first people that showed you what a real good friend was. These are also the people we may even say represent or even be part of our major milestones in those years of growing up.

So to my elementary school best friends, who I've lost touch with, know you are not just a memory but a person who helped me to grow up and who I still see as a best friend. Thank you for being a companion during the years of awkward growing, and making it to each new milestone by my side. Thank you for showing me what a best friend is, and for teaching me how to be one myself. Thanks for keeping my secrets, and the pinky promises. I hope you're doing well and your dreams that we once talked about as we played house or just chatted are now becoming a reality. I wish you all the best in all that is to come, old friend. But mostly, I wish I was the friend you were to me and that I might be more than a memory to you. Thank you.

Love,

Your Elementary BF