Dear Best Friend,

I want to start by thanking you for being my best friend, long lost sister, and pretty much my twin. I love you dearly for all of the memories we have shared and are bound to share in the future. Thank you for being there when I graduated high school, fell in love, got my first apartment, and all of my big moments!

I cannot wait for the day I can meet your boyfriend and give him a hard time to make sure that I feel he is fit to be your life partner.. but please do not rush into it. Please understand that love will find you and that just because you are currently single, you will not be single forever. There is nothing wrong, undesirable, or repulsive about you. In fact, you're pretty spectacular!

You are so incredibly gifted, and you are one of the book-smartest people I know. You dedicate so many hours to your education, and you have so many aspirations; perhaps a boyfriend does not fit into your schedule right now?

I will never forget the day of your prom when you wore makeup for the first time I had ever seen, and I got almost as emotional as your mom did because you were growing up and that was the first time it actually felt like time was passing quickly. High School was ending for the both of us, and I realized that we would have to move on to being "grown ups" and how desperately I wished we could stay that age forever.

You never have a bad hair day, and you don't need makeup to look stunning, which is a rare thing in these times.. so please know that people DO think you are beautiful. My favorite moments with you are when we are driving around town and laughing so hard we can barely see the road because you have so much life in your eyes. I don't think you hear how beautiful you are enough.

When you wonder why you are single or you get lonely or sad, I want you to remember that you are a special human being and that someone has already picked you to be in their life forever and that is me! You are "alone" because nobody has been good enough for you up to this point and that I will not give my seal of approval to someone undeserving.

Be patient and keep being you!

Dear Boys who want to date her,

First and foremost, if you are looking for anything other than a good heart and a great personality, you are not good enough to be in her presence, so take a long walk off of a short pier.. please and thank you!

While she may be beautiful, I want you to know that there is so much more to her and I sincerely hope you enjoy learning everything there is to know about her. Please know that she will never love you as much as she loves her dog, but if you love him too, you'll be pretty darn close.

I want you to know that she does not cry very often, so if you make her cry, please be prepared to be in my bad graces for a VERY long time and know that I DO expect a grand gesture to make it up to her, even if she does not.

I will only give you my approval once you prove yourself honorable, humble and kind. I do not care if you give her the butterflies because plenty of men can do that. I need you to be someone who loves to make her laugh because of the way her face lights up and I need you to be someone who pushes her when she needs it.

If and when you hurt her, I will push her to work through things with you, but I will also push her to be robust enough to leave you if I feel it is necessary.

Most of all, I want you to know how lucky you will be to have her, because when I release the reigns, and she spends more time with you than she does with me, I need to know she is with someone who will cherish her as much as I do.