To My Best Friend In California
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To My Best Friend In California

Together forever, never apart. Maybe in distance, but ever at heart. 2,904 miles have nothing on us.

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To My Best Friend In California

Dear Best Friend,

I have been away from you for 59 days. 8 weeks and 3 days. 1,416 hours. 84,960 minutes. I think you get the point. It's been a long time, something we are not used to. I've never been more than a 30 minute bus ride away and now we are on opposite sides of the United States. A phone call doesn't do it justice. A text doesn't amount to how much I truly want to tell you. Writing in the book we share (which I have seriously slacked on) can't really explain how much I miss you. Your absence has changed the dynamic of each and every one of my days here. I crave the 12 a.m. talks we used to have, confessing and sharing information that both of our overworked and sleepy brains could not handle. I remember the family vacations we took to Virginia and the Catskills -- the endless hiking trips, tanning on the soft beige sand and the late night walks. I remember the days I walked into your house like it was my own and your mom treated me as her own (and vice versa because there is no hiding that my mom secretly wishes you were her daughter), and I remember all the days we spent together. The memories and moments we have shared are irreplaceable. I miss your laugh, your smile and your really bad jokes. We pretty much lived in each other's houses so being away from you feels unreal. I miss you more every day and I am counting down the days until I get to see you again.

Plato believed that everything we know exists in the mind, and everything else is just an approximation. And you might be thinking why I even mentioned him; what does he have to do with my best friend? Well, his belief has everything to do with my best friend -- in my mind I have all of our memories stored, in my mind I know how much I love her and I know why, in my mind I relive the moments we have shared and anything I say to you will only be an approximation of what I am thinking. I will never truly be able to explain our friendship, I will never truly be able to explain why she will always hold a piece of my heart, I will never truly be able to explain how thankful I am for her. She is my lucky charm, my heart and my missing puzzle piece. She's there when I need her shoulder to cry on, she was there to help me pick out my prom dress, she was there for the boy drama, telling me I deserved better and she's here now.

To my best friend, I want to say that there is no one like you. If I have ever been sure about anything in my life, it is that our friendship is real. I've found my long lost sister, the honey mustard to my curly fries and the sprinkles to my ice cream. You are a blessing. And you are the best friend I would lie for, cry for, take a bullet and straight up die for.

Wherever you go, just always remember
That you got a home for now and forever
And if you get low, just call me whenever
This is my oath to you

Just don't forget that you're my best friend, best friend till the very end.

I love you, for now and forever.

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