Hello friends,

If you’re reading this, it means you are one of my best friends.

As a best friend, you’ve done a lot for me and you have helped me in some way. I believe that the people I surround myself with the most, I become most like and I am very glad to be in your company.

I would like to thank you for being a awesome person in general. There have been so many nights that we would just sit and talk for hours, completely forgetting the impending responsibilities the next day would bring.

All of the times I texted you because of a boy or because of a stressful situation, or even the times when I just wanted to remind you of that hilarious inside joke -- I may have done it at inappropriate times, but you always appreciated the thought.

You somehow made life as a young adult way more enjoyable and way more fun. I don’t know how I would’ve made it through the nights when I was crying over a below par grade or when my fear and anxiety would kick in. (I also appreciate the times when you would chip in for dinner or surprise me with a birthday party and gifts).

I know that you will always be by my side and that you were put in my life for a reason.

I admire your ambition, your courage, your drive and your passion. There is so much I admire that I can’t list all of them and chances are I have told you a million times.

Now that we are growing up, I’ve learned that a small group of “besties” is much better than an extensive group of friends, who don’t even care to know your middle name. And to be honest, it still kind of shocks me that I managed to make such a good friend.

Although I see the best parts of you every day I am in your presence, I fear you do not see your own beauty, your strength and your worth.

I know you think that a boy somehow defines your worth and the fact that you are in a relationship somehow makes it better, you’re wrong. I know, I know, I’ve had my fair share of moments when I forgot this common truth, but it pains me to see you feel lesser about yourself because of a boy who doesn’t know how great you are.

He doesn’t see how you manage to cheer me up in a such a deep state of sadness, or how hard you laugh at cheesy puns, or how you put everyone else before yourself, or how you manage to gather an exorbitant amount of passion to keep going.

Trust me, he isn’t worth it. And if he doesn’t quite exist yet, he will and guess what, he will never hurt you, because the best friend agreement involves the right to defend each other in relationships.

No matter what has happened to you, whatever will happen to you, I will be here for you.

My favorite part of our friendship is by far how hard we laugh. Nothing is better than laughing at one another's quirky statements and sarcastic jokes and somehow managing to laugh so hard one of us on the floor.

Unlike everyone else, I do not care about baggage or your insecurities. I care about you. And I promise you, I will do my best to protect you from the dumb percentage of the male population, to make you smile when you can’t even think to laugh, to cry when you cry and to never stop having faith in you.

Dear best friend, please stay in my life because I don’t know anybody who will laugh at my dumb jokes and support my outlandish ambitions at the same time.

I hope one day you see how important you are to me and how great you are in general.