Dear Old Friend,

It has been quite some time. I am still trying to figure out wherever thing fell apart, or maybe just abruptly stopped. Maybe it was the lack of texts or the broken promises. All of the “I’ll text you once a week’s” gone and forgotten. But I still can’t find it.

You made my senior year something entirely special I bet. Whether you allowed me to completely let loose of who I was at school and be someone completely different away from there, or you walked those hallways with me as we created memories to try and salvage the last few weeks of our senior year together. You were there, and you made it special.

I am a firm believer that God puts someone in your life for a specific job or task. I think I can go through each person that has come into my life and say what each of them have provided me. You are no exception to that rule, and while we may no longer talk, I know I can still count on you to be there for me in my most absolute need.

You helped me make my senior year what I wanted it to be. You didn’t care that I was outspoken, loud, and was searching for who I was. You grabbed me by the hand and helped me find the person I am today. You changed my whole world, and were one of the reasons leaving high school was so incredibly hard. After years of saying I could not wait to graduate, you were one of the very few reasons I had tears flowing down my cheeks as we all said our final goodbyes.

No one will ever be able to take that special moment and bond away from you and me. I have the best feeling that one day we will see each other again, and we will be able to pick up right where we left off.

I don’t know why we stopped talking, but we did. I think life just happened. Life happens, and sometimes that means the people in your life come and go as well. Maybe it just happened this way, and then one day we will run across each other and end up at the other's wedding.

But for now, there are only a few things I can say to you.

I’m sorry that we stopped talking, and maybe it was for the best. I wish you so much luck in the future. I hope for the best. I hope you find your true love and get your dream job. Remember to never let anyone tell you that you can’t do anything. And please never ever forget about the memories that we shared together in our last year of high school.

It will go down as one of the best years of my life, and you were one of the people that made it that amazing. Please never forget who you are, and never forget who you want to be.

- Your High School Friend