Dear Old Best Friend,

I know we have parted our ways, which is life and what happens. But, I just wanted to say that I miss you dearly. I want to thank you for the good times we had and for all the lessons that you taught me. They say someone is put into your life for only the amount of time that you need them, and all of high school I know that I needed you. You were my support system and my sister. With all these new friends that I made in college, none of them compare to the deep friendship that we had together.

I want to thank you for all the memories that we made, being there when my boyfriend broke up with me and calling me late at night when I got in a fight with my parents. Thank you for coming to my games with signs saying my name and cheering me on the whole time. Thank you for letting me vent to you about my high school problems. I thank your family for being so nice to me and for treating me as if I was one of their own. Now that we have moved in different directions I see that amazing person you have become and hope that I helped make you, you. I miss you old best friend and I will never forget you.

Our pictures still stand on my wall and always will. Just know that if you ever need anything down the road, I will always be there for you no matter what. It hurts to see you move on without me sometimes and to know that you found other friends. People tell me to move on and that our friendship did mean something but that doesn't mean that it doesn't hurt because it does, and it always will. We use to talk about our kids and how they would be best friends just like us.

We would talk about getting houses right next to each other and having husbands that would be best friends. But, now I realize that those talks weren't realistic and they were just in the moment ideas. But, still somewhere deep down inside I hope this will still happen. I do hope that one day down the road we will meet and pick up where we left off. I hope that one day our kids will be best friends.

I hope to have you at my wedding and to be at yours. Maybe just right now we aren't meant to be best friends, we are meant to find others and to go our separate ways. But, I do believe that we will one day reconnect and it will be like nothing happened. It will be a quick pause in time. So, old best friend, thank you for everything that you taught me. I will see you one day down the road, but until then, I wish you all the best of luck and I will always be here for you.