Dear High School Best Friend,

Even though I hated high school, you made it an amazing experience. I never would have thought that the girl who was one letter away from having my same name would end up being my best friend. I am beyond grateful for you. I do not know where to start on how to say thank you, but I guess I am going to try.

Thank you for being my first friend as I moved to a new school. I attended the same elementary school for ten years. Those friends there weren't really friends. I felt alone, but you changed that. I am not even sure how it happened. All I remember is that we had world geography together and our lives were never the same. You invited me to FCA and to the football games. You made sure I wasn't left out. You introduced me to your friends. You cared from the beginning.

I was not always the best of friend to you, but for some reason you always stayed by my side. We had a lot of ups and downs. Luckily we had more ups than we did downs. We were literally attached at the hip. We were the always known as Jaci and Kaci. We were the Aci twins. We hung out almost everyday for a long while until we had our first big fight. Honestly, I don't remember how long we did not talk. All I know that when we started talking again it is like we never stopped. I believe that our fight made our friendship stronger.

You helped me step out of my comfort zone. I would have never tried out for majorettes if it weren't for you. I didn't make it, but trying out with you made it worth the shot. I still enjoyed cheering you on at ever football game from the stands. You talked me into going to FCA camp. Even though you didn't want to be my roommate, we somehow got paired together for a week. I tell you camp was one of the best experiences of my life and I am so happy I got to share it with you. I would have never went if it weren't for you pushing me to go.

You also are the reason that I found my first love. Your outgoing personality brought people together and I couldn't be happier for that. You started this chain of friendship and everyone benefited from it. You also thought my that I shouldn't let a relationship get in the way of our friendship. Even though at the time it seemed like the right thing to do. We stopped talking again because of the drama that was going on. I missed you everyday, and it sucked because I had class with you and was still forced to see you everyday. I learned a lot because of that fight. It made my senior year a little tough. I thought I lost my best friend for good, but I didn't.

We never actually apologized for what happened that year. We just kind of moved on. It caused us to not be as close, but I have come to realize that isn't the only reason. We both moved on to different chapter of ours lives. I moved three hours away for college, and you being your outgoing self made new friends at college. We don't get to see each other anymore, but you are still in my life. We still talk and try to make plans when we can. I know that if I call you will always answer the phone. I know you are still here for me, even though we aren't best friends anymore.

So once again, thank you. Thank you so much for showing that no matter what that our friendship is strong. I love you more than you can imagine. I know where ever life takes us I will have you by my side even if you are hours away.