To my first best friend,
We grew up together. Some can say our friendship was forced because our parents knew each other. However, I don’t think that is the case. So here is my letter to you (you know who you are).
Thank you for being my first best friend. You were there for me from the start. Throughout our time together we both went through some pretty big changes in life but you were constantly there for it all. Not only were you my first friend in life, but you were my first friend after coming to a new school. You helped make the transition that much easier. You constantly made my day brighter. You had a huge part in making me the person I am today, and for that I thank you.
However, I think that by now you have probably caught onto the past tense in this letter, were. We didn’t fight or argue. That was not the cause of the end of our friendship. We grew apart, and that is okay. It is inevitable that most childhood friendships do not last long into adulthood. We slowly started to drift apart from each other. You began making new friends thanks to sports and work, but that’s okay. At the same time I began to make a new group of friends from classes and mutual friendships. No matter what happened, I still consider you a friend. I still look back at all the memories we made in our 15 years of being best friends, and I still consider those some of the best memories I’ve made to date. To this day, I still look at some of the pictures on your Facebook and think to myself: wow, she’s making a name for herself in this world.
We are no longer the two crazy kids who would spend hours upon hours at each others house during the summer (sun up to sundown). We’re no longer begging our parents to let us have sleepovers for multiple days at a time. We are no longer confiding in each other the crazy dreams we may have had the night before, or the secrets that are fighting to be let out into the world. We’ve grown apart, and we’ve grown up. I think that we knew it was going to happen at some point. Just know that no matter what happens, or where we are in life, I will always support you, even if it is from a far.
Sincerely,
Your childhood best friend
