Dear sisters,

Sometimes with our busy lifestyles, there are not enough times where I can say thank you. So I’m doing that now; thank you. Thank you for always listening to me and giving me another opinion, forcing me out of my own head. For giving me advice when I need it and telling me what you think even though I don’t want to hear it. Good thing I’ve learned from you and do the same thing for you.

Thank you for always being there for me in the good times and in the bad. For being there for me and cheering me up when it seems like everything is going wrong. When it seems like I can’t get anything right, you remind me that just one little thing is enough. That I am enough.

Thank you for reminding me it’s okay to be feeling everything that I am feeling, even though I’d much rather not. Our late night conversations and heart to hearts make me realize I’m not as alone as I feel. And I’m sure that you feel the same way.

I appreciate all of our phone calls, text messages, emails, group chats and visits. Much more than you know. When I need to, and that tends to be at least once a day, I go through our messages and pick out the things I need to hear. The words of encouragement and advice always seem to resonate a lot more after time has passed.

Thank you for all the smiles that brighten my day, even when I don’t think I need it. Thank you for holding my hand in my weaker moments and for picking me up when I fall. After, of course, when you’re done laughing at me. Because I laugh too. And I know I’d do the same for you.

Thank you for getting me, because I find that not everyone understands my thought process. For letting me sound like an idiot as I try to get my thoughts out. And even though I should be able to do so, more often than not, I repeat myself and try to spill all the contents of my head.

I know that I may not talk to you as often as I’d like. Making silence a common ground between us, using social media to keep up with what is going on in our lives. Or maybe we don’t live so close to each other any more, making it hard to visit with our crazy lives. But I know that if I give you a call, you’d pick up. I know that you’ll respond to my message even if it is a day or two late.

This isn’t just for my sorority sisters who I’ve grown to love as I continue to spend more and more time with. But this is also for my best friends that I’ve known since elementary school. For the best friend I made in high school who is my opposite. For my friend who I made at work, because everyone should have an amazing work sister who gets it. For my friend, that I just met and very oddly enough I am very similar to. This is for all of you. No matter where you are or even if you think that we aren't that close. This is still for you. Because more often than not you guys are the people I think about a lot, making my day a little brighter.

Love,