I know, this letter is completely out there and some people might even say that I am selling myself short. How could I not deserve someone as a friend? I wouldn’t believe it if I wasn’t living it right now, but it’s very true and very real. Imagine the most perfect friend. Someone who always forgives you, always loves you no matter how unlovable you may be in that moment, always gives you the best hugs, and is always down to drive half an hour to get the best ice cream town. I’m no mind reader, but I’d bet next semester’s GPA that you are envisioning someone that is just like my friend. So here it goes:
To the friend that I’m forever convinced I don’t deserve,
I thank you. You never had to sit in the car with me while I hysterically sobbed about my break up while listening to John Mayer on repeat, but you did.
You never had to pay for my ice cream those countless times that I forgot my wallet at home, but you did. Just to be clear, I wasn’t trying to mooch- I always forget things (you know that though).
Thank you for being the first person I hugged just seconds after tossing up our caps at graduation and for being the better half of the most perfect graduation picture my camera roll may ever see.
Thank you for being on board when I went through my health-crazy phase and for waking up at 6:30 to make it to a 7am workout class those couple of Saturdays. You’re a keeper for that if for no other reason. I mean really, how many friends would give up Saturday morning sleep to go sweat their asses off in a sweaty gym with their wacko friend? No worries, that stage in my life is long gone and you have my promise that I will never ask you to wake up at the crack of dawn to go to a Body Pump class with me again. Nowadays, Leonardo DiCaprio could be running by my dorm window at 7am and I STILL wouldn’t give up my precious sleep. The best part of that? The fact that no matter how lazy or healthy my phase currently may be, you will continue to love me regardless.
I don’t deserve all that you offer me, from your newest vegan recipes that I (sometimes) pretend to like to your tough love advice that helped me to get over that bum of an ex-boyfriend that you didn’t even like from beginning. You told me it would get better. You were right. You always did have a good sense about those types of things.
You remind me every day of the person I aim to be someday while somehow still reminding me to love the person that I am today. I thank you for all that you’ve done and all that you will do in the years to come. You bring so much love into my life and no amount of convincing will persuade me to think that I will ever deserve the abundance of sunshine you bring me.
All my heart,
Your forever indebted and thankful friend.
