It would be incredibly inaccurate to say that my life hasn't been changed completely due to you. I can't remember a time when you weren't in my life, and I wouldn't have it any other way. We grew up together, and you've seen my through every phase of my life so far. You've known me and accepted me as I am through elementary school, the awkward middle school years, high school, and here we are today each leading our own lives and still standing by each other no matter what.

Thank you for that. Thank you for being one of my biggest support systems through my life so far. You have no idea how much it means to me that you still believe in me after all of these years. You saw me in middle and high school when I was trying to make a name for myself, when I was shy and invisible, and pushed me out of my shell. Now I'm still out here trying to make a name for myself in college and you're still pushing me to be bold in my endeavors. Thank you for teaching me how to have confidence in myself and standing strong with me against anything or anyone who threatened that. You helped me figure out how to let the little things roll off my shoulders and to never be anyone's door mat. I am the person I am today, in large part, due to you.

You are one of the few people that's always been completely real with me. You never hid your feelings and only bit your tongue when I needed to figure things out for myself, and you were always there to be my shoulder to lean on when I desperately needed one. I'll love you forever for that. Thank you also for refusing to allow me to cry over any guy who wasn't worth my time and for reminding me how much better I am without him. I just hope that I've been that person for you.

With that being said, I hope that you realize you deserve better than all of the crazy mess that you've put up with lately. You are so much stronger than you believe yourself to be and I cannot possibly be prouder of you for always pulling yourself back up by the bootstraps and rolling with the punches that life keeps throwing at you. You are a fantastic mom to that gorgeous little boy of yours and I'm so amazed by how hard you work just so he can have a good life. He's going to look back one day and realize everything you've done for him and will appreciate you that much more. You work so hard and you've got to keep believing that better things are coming your way because they are.

Psychologists say that if a friendship lasts longer than seven years, it will last a lifetime. I say screw that because I've had friends that walked out on me after longer than that, but you never did. We're not just best friends. We're sisters. You're stuck with me for life. There is no one I would rather have by my side through every important moment in my life and no one I'd rather support through every important moment ever. You're my person. You'll be the one that I want to run to after college graduation. You'll be the one I want standing beside me on my future wedding day. You'll be the one that I'll call in the future and we'll complain about our husbands and the weird things our kids are doing. You'll be the one that I want to be sitting beside when they stick us in the nursing home. There is no one I would rather take on this world with. You're my best friend, my confidant, my backbone, my shoulder... You're my sister. You're family, and I couldn't imagine my life without you.

"We made a deal ages ago... men, babies, it doesn't matter. We're soulmates." -Samantha Jones, Sex and the City