Dear Best Friend:

Well, where do I start? We have been through it all, years of friendship, tons of firsts for both of us. But honestly, I appreciate you so much because you have been there through everything. Your family is my family and mine is yours. I don’t know if there is anyone on earth that I trust more than you, because who can I honestly say I’ve shared more with? I don’t even think that it’s possible. I would have been a different person if I didn’t have you in my life. I know that we’ve had our dry periods where we didn’t talk much, but we always come back centered. I couldn’t imagine life without you being my best friend, even into our rocking-chair years.

So I just mainly want to tell you the things that I don’t get to say enough. I love you. You have been an outstanding friend to me, and have never let me down. And I truly am honored to call you my best friend. I know you will do great things, and I am so proud of the person that you are. You have handled the most difficult situations in life (if you think about it, you will agree) without the blink of an eye, and you are amazingly strong. I look up to you and I admire you. So thank you. Thank you for being who you are, for being my friend, and for caring when you didn’t have to.

—ME