Dear Best Friend,
It feels like calling you a friend is not enough because you are really my non biological sister. We have been friends for longer than I can remember, and that means more than anyone can understand.
It is because of the way we became friends that I feel you know me on a better level than some other people. If we weren't twins who lived in the same neighborhood, we probably never would have become so close. I have to hand it to our mom's because they were the one's who met at mother's of twins, so shout out to them for having the coolest pair of twins ever.
There are moments in life that you don't always share with others, but because we grew up together, I shared many of them with you. From going through CCD classes on early Saturday mornings, to climbing into your mom's mini van for Monday night girl scout meetings. And I am being completely honest when I say that I would have never made it through our senior calculus class if you hadn't been sitting next to me.
You were there at the start of elementary school, and again when we entered middle school, and thankfully were in the same home room. And you were there when we went to high school, saving a seat for me on the bus like you always had. It was never a question who I'd be standing with until the bell rang because we walked off the bus together for twelve years of our lives.
And when we went off to college we finally had to separate, but only for short periods of time. Now what used to be school and activities together, has transformed into Panera and basement conversations. Yet it still doesn't matter what we do, the time is still just as meaningful as it was way back when.
Sure, they say your twin is the closest friend you'll have, but there is something special about the friends you grow up with. Sometimes I sit and think about all how long we have been buddies and I start to feel old, but in a good way. I have heard that if you are friends with someone for longer than seven years, you will be friends for life.
I know there are times where we butt heads, but ultimately it never over came our friendship. And I know that we don't talk so much when we are at school, but when we come home and hang out, it never feels like we weren't. That is something I want to thank you for as well because for some people that just doesn't work, but I feel like that is where we understand each other.
It doesn't matter how much time passes, if you have been through as much stuff as we have together, then time has no effect. You are the best friend that I know will always have a place in my life, and I never thank you enough for it.
Love, your non biological sister
