Dear Best Friend,

We haven't been friends since we were in diapers. We haven't been friends since elementary school, junior high, or even high school. Our parents were not friends before we were. Unlike so many stories that we typically hear about best friends being together since day one, we are different. You've only come into my life recently, in the grand scheme of things, but still our friendship is as important as the others that have been in my life this entire time. Without you, I wouldn't be the same person. Together we've changed each other in so many different ways, all for the best of course.

In the short time that we have known each other, we've had our ups and downs, differences of opinion and, of course, so many great memories. I didn't know it, but the day that I met you my life changed. With you, I have been able to grow into such a better person, looking towards you to help guide me down the right path, and I have done the same for you. We might not have known each other since we were 10, but when I look back when I'm older I know that the memories we've made together are the ones that I'm going to want to relive.

So with this, I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for walking into my life and never leaving. Thank you for sitting inside with me on the days we don't want to leave our house, and the nights where we want to be anywhere but. Thank you for the late-night phone calls and letting me rant about whatever might be going wrong without complaining. Thank you for being you and being my best friend. We haven't known each other for too long, but already we have a friendship that can't be broken. Our journey has just begun, and I cannot wait to see what life has to offer us. So even though we haven't been friends since day one, I can't imagine my life with out you. Thanks for being the best friend I could have asked for.

Sincerely,

Your Best Friend