Hey You,

You're out there conquering the world, finding out what best suits you and chasing what this life has in store.

After our brief FaceTime call, I couldn't help but get a little sentimental and reflect on everything I've learned in the brief time I've known you. (Sorry. I apologize in advance because you know I can get a little sappy.)

You have always inspired me because in the year since we met, you have shown me what it is to believe and live out that in life everything will always work out. You embody a strength that I've never seen in anybody.

You have this amazing gift in which you take what is given to you and make the best out of every situation. You always wear your heart on your sleeve and never fail to give new things a try. Even when something temporarily knocks you down, you get back up and prevail beyond what anybody could ever expect.

When life is uncertain, you take it and grow along side it. You don't force any kind of terms unto what your future has planned for you because you have a spirit that carries you to wherever this life endures.

You never deny any possibilities because your heart is wide open.

And that, my friend, is contagious. It draws people to you. It allows others to see how much fuller life is when you meet someone that knows how to love others and does not fear what new circumstances may bring.

And these people that your spirit brings to you, they may stay or they may go. Or they may play a part in bringing other people into your life that affect you in ways you were never expecting.

But you, my girl, never fail to make those people feel loved when they are a part of your life. Whether they stay or go, they were better for meeting you. And even better for keeping you in their lives (if that is what life had constructed for both them and you).

This is what our short FaceTime conversation and a years worth of friendship with you has given me--perspective and inspiration that allows me to place where I aspire to be as a person.

We struggle through life together. We laugh together and cry together. We root each other on. We find solace in one another. Plainly, we just live life together.

And I could not ask for anything more. Because I've learned that having those kinds of friendships and connections is a gift worth holding on to.

Those relationships are more precious than I ever used to realize. Going through this life alone is not an option. We need other people to know what it is to be loved and supported.

Thank you for showing me that.

And thank you for living this life with me.

"She believed she could, so she did."

Love you forever,

Anna