Dear best friends,

First, thank you for loving me – thank you for loving me even when I did not love myself. Thank you for making me laugh when all I could seem to do was cry. Thank you for accepting me even with all my faults. Thank you for being my best friends.

I have always dreamt of finding people to laugh at my jokes, let me pick up after them, and accept me for who I am. You are the reason why I am more myself now than I have ever been. You make me see things from different perspectives, making me get out of my head, which is not easy to do. You make me laugh harder than I have ever laughed before. You remind me every single day how lucky I am to have such awesome people in my life.

You have been there through the insecurity, the break-ups, the heart-ache, and the mood swings. Without you, I would not be who I am. You make me stronger, you make me kinder, and you make me more accepting of myself.

The times we drove to Taco Bell, McDonalds, and to get ice cream will forever be some of the best times of my life. That sounds generic, but as basic as it is, those have been some of the best times we have shared. Those are the times that have built our relationships to be where they are now. You know my ice cream order and I know your McDonalds order. If that is not friendship, then I do not know what it is.

While all of us are contemplating life, desperately trying to hang on to the last of our college experience, and attempting to plan what is next in our lives, we still manage to make time for one another, even when it is not easy. That is the thing, though, you guys make it easy. You remind me that without the relationships I have made with you, I would not be where I am or who I am.

Each one of you completes me in a different way. You make me fun, selfless, generous, thoughtful, patient, and loving. Together, we form this complete and totally awesome person. You keep me grounded, you tell me the truth, and you push me to be myself.

You make the bad times bearable and the good times that much better.

What is so amazing about our friendship is that I know it is not going anywhere. Regardless of where we end up, I know that you are always going to be there. Six month from now, we are going to be together again doing the same shit we always do. Someone will get too drunk, someone will get too sassy, someone will want to sleep, someone will wander, and someone will do their best at taking care of everyone else. The night will end with us getting food and laughing about all the embarrassing things we did while we are silently holding onto this moment so it never goes away.

That is what our friendship is – it is something that will never go away.

Thank you, best friends, for being my family. Thank you for loving me and accepting me regardless or our differences. Thank you for being the lights of my life and the people I can always turn to for anything and everything. You guys are amazing.

Xoxo,

Your over-sensitive, hyper-organized, emotional, and high maintenance best friend.