You start meeting friends when you are a young human. You are forced to have play dates that your mom sets up with her best friend's child or your new neighbor. At such a young age you don’t realize that this tiny human you are playing with could end up being your best friend for the rest of your life, or maybe this is the first and only play date with this friend. Either way, from a young age we learn about friends and that some stay forever and some are there for a very short period of time.

Although we learn from a young age that not all friends last a lifetime, it never gets any easier to see friends walk out of your life. Whether you are friends with someone for a week or years, when the friendship starts to fade it is equally sad. Sometimes you think about if they are sad as well or if they don’t care. I think this is the hardest part. Not knowing if they are hurting as well.

Most friendships have ended because we are so different from each other now or we were never the same to begin with. Our personalities don’t mesh and that affects our friendship. Some are due to proximity. I think these friendships are the hardest. Being so far away from someone that your friendship slowly ends.

To these friends that have slowly faded out of my life, I am sorry. I wish our friendship could have lasted a lifetime but the truth is, it didn’t. I am here to tell you thank you. I want to thank you for the fun times and the bad times. You walked into my life for a reason. You taught me lessons about life and I will cherish that forever. I want to let you know that even though our friendship has faded, I will never stop caring. I will always cheer you on in life, whether you know it or not.

Although our friendship didn’t last as long as we intended, I believe it lasted the amount of time it was supposed to. I believe there is a reason each friend walks into my life. Whether it is for a short period or a long time. It is sad to think about, but I like to remember all the good times.

Thank you so much to every one of my friends that I have had. You have impacted my life more than you will ever know. I miss you and will always care about you.

Love,

Lauren