I was never good at having girl friends. My whole childhood, I was the girl who hung out with the guys. I could throw a football further than most of them and I definitely wasn't afraid to play tackle. I was the girl in gym class actually playing the sports vs. walking laps in the gym. As I got older, guy friends became boyfriends and I still made no effort to have female relationships. It wasn't until I hit rock bottom after my break up that I knew I needed some girls to do life with. Let's face it, there are just some things in life that you need your girls for.

And then I came to college and walked in to find you. The girl filling her closet with nothing but athletic clothes and decorating as simplistic as possible. I knew right then that we were gonna get along, but I had no idea how much. A few weeks into college I was homesick, crying in my car in the parking lot. I was asking God why I still felt so alone after I had spent the day surrounded by people. Through the tears, I heard him telling me to think again. I gave you a call and asked if you wanted to get ice cream and you came down to my car without question. We spent over an hour at a little corner ice cream shop spilling our heart break and I knew when I left that night that we had a bond unlike anything I'd ever experienced before.

I thank God for you every day. Everything has been brighter since the day you stepped in. Nobody can make me laugh as hard, love as hard, or challenge me the way you can. You tell me when I'm being crazy and I tell you when you're being annoying. As much as you get on my nerves, there's nobody else I'd want to be annoyed by.

Thank you for your opera singing at bed time, your wild taste in music, the weird videos of you dancing, and the many other embarrassing things you do that I won't tell the world about.

Thank you for praying with me when I'm having a bad night, and letting me cry into your lap at random. Thank you for feeding me when I'm stressing out about money and driving when I don't want to lose my awesome parking spot.

Thank you for working out with me, and teaching me all about how to be a morning person. Thank you for supporting my dreams, and listening to me shout nursing school flashcards at you for hours.

Most importantly, thank you for showing me what love is. Thank you for showing me how I deserve to be loved. Thank you for showing me friendship the way God intended it. Thank you for having my back when nobody else does and validating my feelings, even when they are overly dramatic.

You, beautiful girl, deserve the absolute best this world has to offer. You deserve all the joy, happiness, love, and adventure there is. I know one day that God is going to introduce you to a wonderful man that will protect your heart forever. But, until then I am so thankful that I get to be selfish when it comes to you. College is flying by, and before we know it we won't see each other every day and although it's not something I'm looking forward to, I'm not worried. You're my forever friend. No matter what life throws at us, I promise to be there every step of the way, at your lowest and your highest. I'm so blessed to be your friend and to get to love and be loved by you every single day. I cannot wait to see what God has planned for you, and I know it is so much more than you could ever ask or imagine.

I love you, always