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An Open Letter to the Friends I've Lost Along the Way

I miss you, but I don't need you.

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An Open Letter to the Friends I've Lost Along the Way

Dear Long Lost Friend(s),

It’s been a while since we’ve talked, or since we’ve even seen each other. I would ask how you’ve been, but I lost that right once we stopped talking. I didn’t foresee any of this happening. Losing you, becoming strangers; none of that was how it should’ve been. You went from one some of the most important people in my life, to mere memories that are only triggered by pictures that are posted years ago on my Instagram or Facebook. I haven’t deleted them, because then it would make it seem as if we were never friends, and we were.

It’s funny how at one point in time you can know everything about a person: their favorite things, the stuff that piss them off the most, hell I could even tell what you were thinking about by a glance at your facial expression or the way you would word a text; and now I couldn’t even tell you what your major is. Where did it all go wrong? How did we get to where we are today?

We learn that as we grow, some people will enter and exit your life rather quickly, while others stay for the long haul. I’ve come to realize that you were a person that entered my life for a reason. You helped me, changed me, allowed me to find myself and who I want to try to be, and for that I could not be more thankful for meeting you and creating a relationship with you that made that type of impact on my life. However, I also realized that you left my life for a reason. Our friendship had an expiration date, one that we didn’t want, but had to have. In order to keep growing we need to set those free who are no longer helping us the way they once did, and it’s not because you didn’t try or because you didn’t care, it’s just that our friendship ran its course and we need to accept that, as much as it may hurt.

I want you to know that even though you are no longer physically present in my life, I still think about you everyday. I do regret some of the decisions I’ve made when it comes to our friendships, I think we all have regrets, but I’m not going to let those regrets hold me back or hold you back, because you deserve to be happy and surrounded by love and laughter, and so do I. You are still a very important person in my life despite the current or past circumstances. You helped me when I needed help, you were a friend when I needed a friend, and we’ve had so many good times that I wouldn’t trade the world for.

Maybe one day we’ll meet again and things will change, but until then I truly hope that you can find peace in knowing that you were a fantastic friend for our allotted friendship time frame. I miss you and I miss our memories, but they’re not worth being in a toxic and temporary friendship again.

With love always,

Your Long Lost Friend

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