Before I met you, I didn't think there was such a thing as the right person at the wrong time. If it was really the right person, you would work hard enough to make it work, no matter what the timing.

So what happens when you find a person that you absolutely mesh with? You happen. We talk all the time, and with every conversation, I realize just how much we are alike. We realize that we like the same football teams and musicals. I realize that you would fit right in with my crazy family, which is a feat in and of itself. I realize that you don't take my sass, but instead give it right back to me tenfold and make me laugh like no other. I realize that you make me a softer person, who can act like a complete idiot. I don't feel the need to be a parent to you. You make me take myself a little less seriously, which we both know I desperately need. I realize that with you, I can be one hundred percent myself, while you still inspire me to be the best possible version of myself.

But, it was not the right time. I always thought that people would be able to make things work if they tried hard enough, but sometimes, that's not the way that things work out. It just doesn't. Sometimes, distance is too much. Sometimes, you're just at different places in your lives. Sometimes, you just can't be what the other person needs, no matter how much you two mesh.

It's taken me a while to realize that it's okay for it to not be the right time. Sure, it sucks. There's no way to get around the truth of that. When things don't work out with a person you want them to work out with, it sucks. There's always that question of "what if?"

I choose to live my life without "what ifs," so I sincerely hope that one day, we get to find out what would happen if we had come across each other at the right time. Until then, we will continue to be good friends and stay in each other's lives, hoping for that right time to come along.

So for now, thank you for being one of my best friends. Thank you for dealing with the mood swings that come with being friends with any female. Thank you for telling me when I'm being stupid. Thank you for telling me my hair looks good even when it's a mess. Thank you for keeping me updated on your life. Thank you for always being open to the possibility of one day because maybe one day it will be the right time and we will be the right people.