Dear Friend,

It's funny how I can still call you that even though I haven't seen or heard from you in the longest time. Our once rock solid bond has been diluted to checking your social media to figure out what you are doing these days. I can honestly say I miss the way things used to be more than words typed into a document will ever be able to express but these things happen. No one is at fault, people grow apart and that is the way life works.

I believe in the saying that everything happens for a reason. This is not limited to me believing that regardless the influence (positive or negative) people are brought into our lives for a reason. It isn't like we had a falling out, nothing negative transpired between us to bring us to this moment but for some reason we just drifted. Like I said, no one is at fault but there are a few things I wanted to thank you for in this moment while I am thinking about how much I miss you and our friendship as it was in the past.

Firstly, thank you for being there when I needed you. I feel like you were brought into my life when I needed you most and you helped me get back to a place mentally where I can stand on my own two feet. I am a happier and more ambitious person because of you. You taught me to expect more from myself and to never settle in life. You made me a more confident person and brought out a side of me that I thought I had buried log ago. Without you I don't think that I would have been able to find the courage to be who I really am without shame, and that is something that I can never thank you enough for.

Also, I want to thank you for all of the bad times that we did have. No one is perfect, no friendship is perfect. We had our low points and our fights but you taught me that friendships that mean something to you are worth fighting for. You taught me not to give up on the people that really matter to you and that the people who really care about you will show you through their actions. I know I am not an easy person to get along with but you stuck beside me through everything and I am extremely grateful for that.

I hope that we will have a chance to reconnect someday.

To anyone who is reading this, if you think that this could in any way be about you I want you to know that I did this as an overall message to anyone I have disconnected with. For anyone who has had a positive impact on my life in the past. This is not meant to be aimed toward one specific person. I was up late thinking about all of the people who were once so important in my life who I have lost contact with for no other reason than it just happened.