I want to first talk about how thankful I am for your time with me. I want to let you know that I appreciate every little thing you have done. I appreciate all the laughs, conversations and everything in between. Without your help, I wouldn’t have gotten the courage to tell that one guy he was cute or walk away from a problem that was too big for me. Without you, I wouldn’t have passed that one class. Without you, I would probably have been still crying over that one stupid thing. A lot of things have changed since then, but I am still grateful. Our lives have led us down different paths and hopefully you meet other people that give you just as good memories as we had. What I’m really trying to say is: even though things have changed, our memories haven’t.

There are endless possibilities we are no longer close and trying to pick out the cause would just be too time consuming. Whether it was distance, time, or just an argument -- you are still important. I will not apologize or try to make things better. I will not tell you that it was all my fault or that I was just having a bad day. There is a reason that you are not in my life, but that does not mean that you have not played a significant part. I owe a lot to you, but I will not fight for you.

I cannot lie and say that I do not think about you from time to time, because I do. Sometimes, I find myself trying to relive the stories I tell about your greatness, but it just isn’t the same. There is no doubt that I miss things about you and all the silly things you did. There are people in my life now that cannot have the same effect on me like you. You are wonderful and I miss that. I sometimes wish that we were still friends and we could just pretend nothing ever happened -- but I can’t. I’m so glad you were in my life and I can only hope I had the same impact on you as you did for me. Wherever you are, I hope life’s treating you well and I hope people appreciate you as much as I do.

Sincerely,