The day we met, we just clicked. Ever since then, we’ve just done life together. We can talk about everything and anything from boys to politics and everything in-between. You’re not the person that I go out and do the craziest stuff with, instead you’re the one I call when I want to spend a nice evening with some good company and conversation. However, sometimes it is easy to forget how important your good company can be. It can be so easy to choose the flashy, fun, and crazy friends all the time that quite often we forget about the ones that are just always there when you need them.

There are so many things that remind me why I need to put our friendship first. We never run out of things to talk about. We spend hours debating everything from “which is more classic: nude or white?” to “Should gun control or immigration should be the top priority for politicians” --When I am with you there’s always something to talk about. You patiently listen to me when I have spent ungodly amounts of time on MD.com, convinced I have some incurable disease, and then lovingly inform me it’s probably just a cold. You sit and listen to me talk through my feelings about my boss, my other friends, the boy that asked me to coffee, and my parents. You’re always there when I need to complain and then you let me finish, look me in the eyes and tell me to suck it up like an honest friend would. I love being able to completely be myself around you. I don’t have to sensor what I say, I can just share what I think.

We can have fun doing basically anything. Going to Walmart can be the highlight of my week when I am with you. You know when I need a pick-me-up or to be left alone. You have been able to read me since the day we met, which is something I will never understand. You know what I’m thinking and can read between the lines like no one else. The best way I could possibly put it is that we were meant to be friends.

Yet sometimes in my hectic life, I can forget all that you do for me. You bring me coffee when I’m tired. You pick up my prescriptions when I’m lazy. You call me out when I do something wrong because you truly want the best for me in life. You are one of the first people to put more effort into a friendship than I do. Usually, I’m the one who gives too much, cares too much and doesn’t get anything in return. With you it’s different, you give me so much and I never know how to return the favor.

You’ve taught me a lot about friendship. I am someone who has no problem putting a lot of work into a relationship with someone, but with us, it has always been so easy that I forgot relationships such as these do take work. You cannot be a good friend to someone when you only make time for them when it’s convenient for you. You cannot be a good friend if you expect them to listen to your problems but don’t want to listen to theirs. You most definitely cannot be a good friend if you don’t bother to call a friend out when they need it. Most of all, you cannot forget to tell your friends like these how much they mean to you.

So this letter is to tell you, my dear friend, who cannot be replaced, that I love you. I value our friendship. I know that the friend you take for granted is often someone who will be there forever. You are not flashy or trendy, you do not change with the seasons, and you certainly do not care what others think. Because of this, you are exactly the kind of friend I want in my life forever. So I promise not to take you for granted again. I promise to make time for you and your problems. I promise that no matter how busy I am, how far I go, or how long the time difference is, to stay in touch with you. I promise to thank you for all that you do for me. Most of all, I promise to always remember how lucky I am to have an amazing friend like you.