To my absolute dearest best friend,

Happy ten year friendaversary you beautiful gal!! I wish more than anything that we could be together celebrating, but hopefully this letter will make up for that at least a little bit!

Ten years ago on your first day at Parker, September 4th to be exact, I walked up to you and enthusiastically introduced myself to you. Honestly to this day I am still surprised that you didn’t run away screaming. I walked up, smiled and yelled, “HI I’M MEGAN I’M WEIRD!!” and you’ve been my best friend ever since.

G, you are the person I call when someone amazing happens, or when something tragic happens. (Even though you don’t ever answer your phone) You are the person I want to call when I am having a horrible day and need a pick me up. You are the person who I tell all my secrets to, sparing no details. You are the person I cry to when I am upset and also the person that can make me laugh harder than anyone else. You are the person I can sit in a room with for 12 hours and laugh, cry, or do absolutely nothing with. You make me smile more than anyone, so much so that my face physically hurts when I leave you. You are the person I have the most fun with, and can do absolutely anything. You are my person. (Which isn’t significant to you because you don’t watch Grey’s Anatomy but I love you anyways)

You have always believed in me and you will never know how much that means to me. I know I have a tendency to doubt myself, but you remind me every day that I am capable of anything. Thank you for always reminding me just how loved I am and making me feel special when I need it most. You truly brighten my world in a way that others can’t. G, you are truly a special kind of person, or as I like to call it a “once in a lifetime kind of person.” I am so thankful to know you. Your heart is bigger than I thought humanly possible and you are such an inspiring person. I don’t know what I did to get so lucky with a best friend like you.

You are one of the most kindhearted, loving, trusting and beautiful people I have ever known. I know you don’t believe me when I say you are beautiful, but you really truly are - inside and out. You aren’t just physically beautiful, but also the type of beautiful that can’t be seen or measured. You are kind and generous, honest and genuine, smart and sassy and ambitious and hardworking. You are the kind of beautiful that can’t be photographed because it is so much more than a silly picture. Your beauty is what makes the world a better place.

You have been the most consistent person in my life for the past 10 years and I don’t know where I would be without you. You have been there through every up and down. We have been through so much together, from divorce, to death, to break ups, and everything in between. You have never left my side and there aren’t enough words to fully describe what your loyalty means to me. You are a special kind of human and I can say without a doubt that you will be in my life forever. You will never fully understand what you mean to me, and there aren’t enough thank yous in the world for all you’ve done for me, but I hope these can make you realize how irreplaceable you are to me.

Thank you for keeping my stupid secrets in middle school, and my big secrets once we got older. Thank you for going on roadtrips with me. Thank you for being my friend when I wore blue eyeshadow stick on my eyes everyday. Thank you for dancing with me no matter where we are. (Walmart, my car, formal?) Thank you for being open to try new things. Thank you for going to the fair to do one activity and one activity only - eating. Thank you for being a part of my crazy family. Thank you for going to the fair with me every year no matter what. Thank you for accepting my new best friends and loving them anyways. Thank you for staying my friend after I almost killed you on a few ski slopes. (Still really sorry about that.)

Thank you for helping me through some of my darkest times. Thank you for always listening to me, whether I am talking about stupid drama or my biggest problems. Thank you for never judging me for the mistakes I’ve made. Thank you for always trying new, trendy restaurants and funky foods with me. Thank you for understanding me in a way that other people can’t. Thank you for doing my make up for me when I am too lazy. Thank you for supporting my hopes and dreams no matter how crazy they sound sometimes (12 children?) Thank you for accepting and loving me exactly as I am. Thank you for inspiring me to want to be a better person everyday. Thank you for being my surrogate sister, future bridesmaid, other half, and best friend.Thank you for being the best person I know and for changing my life for the better.

Distance means nothing when you’ve got a friendship as strong as ours. (And statistically speaking, after 7 years of friendship it is for life.) These past 10 years have been so special having you by my side and I can't wait to be friends until we are 95 in a nursing home. Love you longtime.

Xoxo,

Megs