I miss you. I miss your voice. I miss your laugh. I miss your smile. I miss our inside jokes. I miss our countless weekends spent together and FaceTiming eachother. I miss our midnight Walmart trips. I miss going everywhere together. I miss making memories with you. I miss coming to you for any and everything. I miss everything about you.

You were always there for me when I needed someone to talk to, a shoulder to cry on, and a person to do life with. You were the first and sometimes the only person I would come to when I needed advice on anything. You always knew just how to make me smile when I was upset. You understood me better than anyone else did.

I find myself thinking about you when I should be focusing on other things. I think about all the lessons your passing has taught me. I think about where we would be in our friendship right now if you were still here. I think about what your life would be like right now if it were me that was gone instead of you. You're always on my mind.

You were the first person I was close with to get taken away. I was so young in my faith at the time and I had no idea what was happening. All I knew was that God took my best friend away from me and I didn't understand why. I remember that day all too well. We were texting all morning before church, making plans for me to go to your house and us to have a July 4th photoshoot. You never texted me back, and I assumed your phone had died. I had no idea that your life had come to an end. It blows my mind, even still to this day.

If only I could talk to you just one more time. I would tell you everything I never got the chance to. I would tell you just how much you mean to me. I would thank you for always being there for me. I just want you to understand the impact you had on my life and how you made me a better person. I'm sure you are seeing this right now as you are watching over me in Heaven, and you hear me when I talk to you and God, but man, if only I could tell you to your face. That would complete me.

I thank God every morning and night, and many times in between, for blessing me with an amazing best friend like you. I thank Him for the time this world had you, and I thank Him for helping me understand why He took you from us. My heart still aches when I think about how much I miss you, but I know where your soul rests. In that, I find peace and comfort, because I know I will see you again.