We had a lot of good times together. All of the laughs that we shared, and all of those late night ventures to sonic when we should’ve been writing essays meant everything to me. We talked about anything and everything under the sun. I opened up to you, and you did the same.

You held me together when it felt like my whole life was falling apart... and then you became the reason my life was falling apart.

There was no big fight between us, no reason for you to suddenly wish to stop speaking to me, but that’s exactly what you did. One day, without warning, you completely erased me from your life. You stopped responding to my texts, stopped answering my phone calls, and even opened my Snapchats and stopped responding to those too.

I had no idea why you suddenly wanted nothing to do with me, and honestly, it hurt like hell… for months!

You left me when I really needed you to stay. But, you know what? I’m better off for it.
Thanks for bailing on me when things got dark on my end, because I found within myself the light switch that I had forgotten I could flip.

I’m grateful for all of the times you encouraged me to leave my shell and to do things that people our age were doing. I finally became the person I believe I was meant to be.

You taught me how to live life to the fullest and to regret nothing.

You also taught me that sometimes in order to grow you have to let go of some of the things that are holding you back, even if those things are people.

When you left, I was forced to come to grips with every part of me, some I forgot existed.

I looked at myself in the mirror every day and asked myself what I could’ve possibly done to make you hate me.

In reality, you weren’t the one hating me. You loved me. I didn’t. That was the problem.

You can’t force someone to love themself.

You tried so hard to make sure I was having a good time wherever we went. You went out of your way time and time again to check in on me to see if I was okay. It only makes sense that you eventually grew tired of trying to show me how wonderful I was.

I get that now.

I appreciate our memories together and all the laughs we shared. You were super important to me, and I would never wish anything bad your way. I sincerely hope that you finally find the happiness that you so deserve. I want nothing but the best for you.

I’ll never forget our late nights or our crazy adventures.

You were one of my very best friends. I know things will never be the way that they once were, and I am finally at the point where that doesn’t bother me anymore.

I just miss you, and I wish I didn’t have to.