Dear Jada,

Thank you, thank you for everything that you have done for me. We have been through thick and thin over the years, but we have stuck by each other through it all. You have been my A 1 since day 1. We have been there through it all. From bike rides to late night adventures to walking the railroad tracks to all of our beach nights.

You are an amazing person and you will always be one of my closest and best friends. You are the froot to my loop, the apple to my jacks, the rice to my Krispies, the cocoa to my puffs, the lucky to my charms, etc (I think I want some cereal). We have been with each other through breakups and fights and fake friends but in the end, we are always there for each other.

There have been nights where we have helped the other stop crying and nights where we have stayed up and couldn't stop laughing. You made me stay with you the night I had my first break up and you made the whole thing better. You made me laugh through the crying and you helped me get through it. And I have been there with you through the same.

I'm so proud of you and what you are doing. I'm so happy you're almost finished with school and that you have a job and that you are making money for yourself. You are so caring and loving.

You have an amazing heart for other people. You are going to do great things with your life. Thank you for always being there for me through everything and giving me advice when I needed it.

We have known each other for roughly seven years, but it seems like so much longer. It is crazy to think that it just seems like yesterday that we were little kids running back and forth across the streets going from jumping on the trampoline to playing free realms. It feels like I have known you my entire life. I cannot see my life without you.

It has been hard going to college an not having you around every day. But we make it work by texting every day and FaceTiming when we can.

I miss all the times that we would spend time together. Some of my favorite things we would do were our late night beach adventures, where we would sit on the beach and talk about anything and everything.

I also remember when we would take our late night adventures to the park and hide from all of the cars that passed by so we wouldn't get in trouble. I remember all the times we would also go and take turns trying to use the pogo stick and we would always end up falling and laughing at each other.

One of my other favorite memories of us is when you lived across the street from me and you somehow ended up dying your whole head pink. There were also all the times we would sit on my computer and play the Sims and there was the time that you burned our house down.

There are so many memories I would love to write about but there would not be enough space for me to write it all and my deadline for this article is in half an hour so I also wouldn't have the time to write it all.

I am excited for our future and for all the memories we will continue to make and the time we will continue to spend together. I love you so much and I always will.

With much love,

Your best friend, Kaitlynn Shugar