Dear Best Friend,

This morning as I was drinking my coffee and scrolling through my Timehop like I do every day, a post caught my eye. It was from 4 years ago, and it was a picture of you and I at a church event. I had just gotten my braces off and you still had blonde hair. The picture had a horrible Instagram filter, but it was the first picture that marked our friendship.

Now, here we are, 1350 miles apart at two different colleges, in two different states, studying in two different areas. You traded our small town for a big city and I fell in love with the place I always thought I would leave. Our plans have changed throughout the years, people have come and gone, our feet have travelled in many directions (mainly yours more than mine), but no matter how far apart we get, we’ll always find our way back home to each other.

Every day, I thank God for sending me someone like you. You seriously are a blessing that I will always be grateful for. In a crazy world like this, I have always had you as a constant to confide in and laugh with until I cried. I am so glad I got to know you, and in return keep you as my best friend.

Thank you for all the nights we stayed up way too late watching The Hannah Montana Movie. Thank you for all the trips made to Fayetteville for Plato’s Closet and s’cute pics. Thank you for the times we would just sit in bed and not talk, but know exactly what we were thinking. Thank you for always being the first one I would call when anything went right, or when everything went wrong. Thank you for loving me at all times, even when I was a greasy Stefan. Thank you for letting me act like I was in 7^th grade some nights when I needed to talk about boys. Thank you for praying with me, and for me, and directing me to the Lord and His promises. Thank you for picking out my outfits, and making me look like a show stopper. Thank you for putting up with my dramatic self, and for sassing me just enough to put me back in my place. Thank you for all of the other memories that we have made together, and the many more we will make. Simply put, thank you for investing in me and being there through so much of my life.

In this phase of life, we have been pulled apart. Our friendship consists of Twitter favorites, brief phone calls, and the occasional letter. But in those quick encounters, we pick right back up where we left off. You have made new friends with new ideas and I have done the same. However, no matter what, there is always a place in my heart that is yours. You are my future maid of honor, the Sharpay to my Ryan, and the one person who I will always want to talk to at the end of the day. It makes me so excited and proud to see you living life and doing such awesome things.

I am so glad that I get to call you my best friend. Happy Friendiversary!

ILYSM,

Kaylee

(PS LOL at how cheesy this was.)