"From cradle to grave." Everyone remembers their first best friend, but not everyone is lucky enough to have that best friend be there with them through everything in life, or I should say the first 18 years of their life.

To my first best friend who is still my current best friend,

Elementary school is where our journey began. It all started in kindergarten. We were in separate classes, but we had some of the same friends and our friendship began on that 'ole playground! From that point on we became inseparable, only to find out that our parents grew up together too which only made us even closer! You were there for me during my awkward stages in middle school, the good times and the bad times; you were there for it all! Wether we had not seen each other in a day or a few weeks, it was like no time had past at all. We could always pick up where we had left off.

As we grew older, we both got busier, and made friends with different crowds, but we never stopped staying in touch and I would (and still do) always tell you everything and call or text you at any hour of the night knowing you will answer. We may live states apart, but our friendship is still just as strong as ever. We don't need to talk to each other every day to know the other is doing well and that they're still there.

You were my first best friend and nothing can ever change that. You were the first person I could tell everything to, whether it's my secrets, exciting news, or my complaining. To this day, you are still one of the very few that I can. The first friend I created copious amounts of memories with to last a life time and more. And now I'm not going to lie, we had our ups, but we also had our downs. But our friendship always proved to stay strong and in the end everything always had its way of working out.

Even though we go to school hours apart and live in different states; I have and always will wish you nothing but the best and for great success wherever life takes you! Just know I will always be one phone call, one drive, or one flight away.

So Rachel, Thank you! Thank you for putting up with my crazy ass for the past 18 years and never looking back. Thank you for never forgetting me, even when life gets busy. Thank you for sticking with me through it all. For teaching me what true friendship looks like and staying true to it. I wouldn't be who I am today if you had not been my best friend during my entire childhood and now. Thank you for always being my partner in crime.