Dear Best Friend,

Everyone always thinks that I'm being a cliche millennial when I say you are my absolute best friend. However, I have never meant a statement more in my life. Everyone also thinks and probably has thought that we would't last, but they were oh so wrong.

First I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for being you, but also for letting me be me. Were so similar yet so different, but it's our differences that make us such a dynamic duo. I honestly don't know how I would have survived this long without you.

I can honestly say that at first I never imagined I would be friends with you. In fact, I actually low key hated you. You seemed like this stuck up barbie type and I was the edgey girl from the east coast. You were definitely not my type.

Somehow when we met again a few weeks later, after we kind of forgot who we were, we clicked like we were meant to be from the beginning. You were the perfect slip and slide partner and little did we know we'd be the perfect partners to slide down the crazy road of life together.

If I haven't said it enough, thank you, thank you, thank you. There is so much I could thank you for, but I'll try to keep it short. Thank you for feeding me when I would spend my money stupidly. Thank you for letting me pay you back in the little ways I could without protesting TOO much.

Thank you for being my number one fan. Starting fresh in college is hard, but it's so much easier when you have your best friend sitting in the front row at your first college choir concert and your very first collegiate sports event.

Thank you for having my back when I felt like the world was against me. When my world was falling apart and everyone was talking about me and bringing me down, you were there holding me up and shielding me from the knives being thrown my way.

Thank you for being the girl that I can stay up with at all hours of the night crying, but I can also stay up all night stuffing my face and laughing until my stomach hurt with you. You are one of the first ones I want to tell my best news and my worst news too.

Most importantly, I wanted to tell you that I love. I know I don't say it nearly enough but I really do. You've stood by my side and helped me grow when I was at my worst point. You were patient, kind, and supportive. You've become my rock which is absolutely terrifying for me because you know how much I hate depending on people, but I trust you won't let me down. However, if you do let me down, I know you'll try your best to pick me back up.

So here's to you, my smalls to my talls, my main, my amazing best friend. Thank you for being perfectly you and I'm so glad our paths crossed. I wouldn't change it for the world.