Dear Best Friend,

Thank you. Honestly, THANK YOU. Wow, I am so thankful I met you.

I didn’t know friends like you existed. And honestly, I can’t decide if that is just really sad or if I am just incredibly lucky to have such a rare type of person in my life. (That was so cheesy but it’s so true).

You are so rare, it’s freaking awesome. You’re my person. You’re the Cristina to my Meredith, and the best mom-away-from-home there is. I don’t say that I am thankful for you as much as I should, and I probably don’t always act the most appreciative either, thanks for loving me anyways.

While you are without a doubt one of the weirdest, most sarcastic, selfless, Netflix obsessed, procrastinating, stubborn, dog-loving people I have ever met, you are someone I can’t imagine life without.

There are many things you do that make you a rare friend to have, many things you do that I appreciate, and there are many reasons I am thankful for you.

Trying to type all those reasons would require way too many pages- pages that you are way to ADD to focus on for longer than 2 minutes without trying to find the Snapchat lighting or stalking famous fitness accounts on Instagram. (Instagram accounts that are full of girls we will most likely never look like who force us to accept that the only body part we are capable of shaping are our eyebrows.)

So I promise I’ll make it quick, pause your Netflix.

You are rare because of how selfless you always are to everyone around you, all the time. From the little things like seeing girls in bathrooms at the bars that need a hair tie, to how you go out of your way to make people feel special. You also really don’t need much to be happy, you never ask for anything but give so much.

You are one of those people that usually kind of stress me out – the type that feel bad for asking other people for favors or feel bad asking for stuff in general, DUDE all you do is give – let people return the favor. Ps can I have a ride to class tomorrow?

Thanks for forgiving and forgetting – something I have such a hard time doing.

We both have allowed our maturity to shine since coming to college. We have seen each other at our worst and our best, and have even attempted to use the silent treatment with each other that always results in us becoming incapable of being in the same room without trying not to laugh. We laugh because we both know how dumb and dramatic we are being, and know we are both too stubborn when it comes to not wanting to be the first to apologize.

You know when to keep your mouth shut, which is basically a nonexistent trait with a lot of girls these days.

You are so trustworthy. It’s rare to feel like you can tell someone anything and everything and not even hesitate or think that the person will go off and tell anyone. And I have never had to worry about that, so thank you.

Thanks for always having my back; even when you know I’m wrong. You listen to me sit on your bed and complain for a good 10-15 minutes, and know exactly what to say to make me feel better within a matter of seconds, and then we go both back to laughing at ourselves or our lives in that point in time.

Thanks for making me better, and not bitter. (Saw that quote on pinterest once lol) You don’t allow me to let things or people get to me that are irrelevant and are not worth my time – friends, boys, and the occasional melt down of burning my last hot pocket.

You tell me how it is, which is super annoying sometimes because I usually don’t want to hear it, even though I most definitely need to.

It’s rare to have a friend who actually wakes me up to go to the gym. It is rare to have a friend who sticks to our Kayla Itsines work out plan, and even sticks to our diet plans that we find on Pinterest, which we swear we are going to start, “tomorrow.”

That last paragraph was completely sarcastic. Seriously, this weekend, no matter how many times I try to order dominos after coming home at night, please don’t let me.

You’re rare, and you are valued. Thanks for being you and helping me be a better me.

From,

Your insanely dysfunctional & slightly emotionally unstable best friend