If I have learned anything since I’ve moved into college and started a new life here, I’ve realized who my true friends are back at home. I’ve already made some special relationships here, but I’ll never forget the bond my best friend and I at home share. There are so many things I am thankful for and my best friend is one of them. We knew that this day would come, but nothing could ever separate us and we know that first hand. Every relationship that you will have in life will have its ups and downs, and we have most certainly experienced those ups and downs. I believe that you do make different relationships at college and those friends tend to remain your true friends for the rest of your life, but I also believe that my friend back home is also one who will remain in my life.

I just wanted to start off by saying thank you for always having my back no matter what. No matter what came my way, you would always be straight up with me and know how to help me. No matter how many times someone brought me down, you would always be the one to pick me back up. You’ve made me a stronger person, as well as a better person, and true friends like you are rare to find. I owe it all to you for all you have done for me. As little as getting me my regular coffee order at Dunkin Donuts, to bigger things like being there when I needed you at my worst.

Sure we’ve had our fair share of arguments, but they only make our friendship a true friendship. What friendship is perfect?Surely not ours, but I am surely thankful and truly blessed for it.

Thank you for always dealing with the pain that I am. Sure I complain a lot and don’t listen to you at first, but when I mess up I can then turn to you and say “thank you”. You always know what is best for me and what I deserve from people. You know how sensitive I am and what makes me mad. Having someone that knows you better than you know yourself is always such a special thing to have. I could say thank you so many times, but that doesn’t even begin to compare to all that you have done for me.

Thank you for the laughs, tears, adventures, late nights, early mornings, and being there when I needed someone to get food with. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t know what it’s like to have a true friend who just wants the best for me, as well as knows what is best for me. If it wasn’t for you I wouldn’t be who I am today. If it wasn’t for you, I wouldn’t be writing this article.

Thank you for never giving up on me even when I had already given up on myself.

Thank you for being you.