Best friends are definitely a blessing. They're the people who know your deepest secrets and your tiniest flaws. Once you find that person, you feel like you've found the other half of yourself and your life automatically gets better. But there is that age-old question, can you have more than one 'best friend?' I'm sure I'm not the only one that would say yes to this.

In my opinion, you have different 'best friends' for different reasons, for different times in your life. It's almost impossible to find all of the necessary qualities in one person. Everyone is different, which means they impact your life differently.

My first best friend came along when we were five years old. We were the best of friends and were always mistaken for 'boyfriend and girlfriend' because we did everything together. He knew all my weird pre-teen secrets and I was the only person that could make fun of the fact that his ears were always too big for his head. When I moved away in the seventh grade, I thought I'd lose touch with everyone from my hometown, but I've been gone eight years now and we're still best friends. Any time we're in the same area, we make plans to see each other. We talk every day and I call him when I need someone to complain about life to. I definitely consider him to be my other half, and if I ever lost him I'd lose a piece of myself. You know that saying, "Once you've been friends with someone for seven years, you'll be friends with them for life?" Well, it's been almost 16 years and we're still putting up with each other, so I 100 percent agree with whoever said that.

Middle school and high school were the same story, different person. My first friend in my new school stuck by my side until graduation and now on to college. We did just about everything together. He took me home from school, and I took him to get ice cream when he was sick. Eight years later, nothing has changed and I consider his friendship more valuable than most of my female friendships.

On to college. I began to surround myself with people who thought the same way I did, people who wanted to live life the way I did. I found the four most amazing women in my three and a half years in my little college town, and now home is wherever they are, not where I sleep at night. I've grown so much in the year that I've known them and I owe a lot of it to them, mostly because they're the ones that make sure my life is on track because Lord knows I can't do that by myself. They'll be the women standing next to me the day I get married and the ones I'll take with me wherever I go. They know every little detail about me and have never once judged me for it. If you find someone like that, don't ever let them go, because it's the best feeling.

I know wherever I go and whatever happens, I'll have a best friend to fall back on, and I'm OK knowing it won't always be the same person. There will always be someone to complain to, someone to cry to, someone to yell at about boys, and someone to have fun with. And honestly, why would you care if that wasn't the same person? Sharing your life with multiple people is so much fun. Surround yourself with people who make you better, and love them with your whole heart.