In June of 2011 I met one of my best friends, the girl who helped me get through the first half of my high school career. I walked into the gym at school not knowing what to expect about Color Guard but you helped me every step of the hard and rocky way, you were there for me for my ups and downs. Down the line you weren't only the girl I looked up to at guard but the girl I always looked forward to seeing in the halls and school. You made my first two years of high school the best. Even though you were an upperclassman you never treated me differently than any of your other friends. Together we hit lots of rough patches, yet we got through all of them no matter what we had to do.

In 2013, you graduated and I was ending my sophomore year where I decided that I couldn't do guard without you, I didn't even know how I was going to get through my last two years of high school without you.

Throughout our first two years of friendship you slowly hit me with something I didn't think I wanted to hear at the time. You informed me that you decided to go into the Coast Guard, meaning you were leaving me. That fall you went to boot camp then off to the other side of the US. It was hard to think that you were gone and I had no idea when I would see you, but we did it. It was hard but we got through it.

After you graduated in 2013 I didn't see you for two and a half years. It was the longest two and a half years of my life, slowly waiting for the day when you would text me and tell me that you would be coming home, but never for good. Even though we spent all that time apart and only got to text as much as we could it was like you never left. Our bond was never broken even though so much time went by. When you came home me, you and Cory had lunch at Moe's. People are right when they say "Time Flies When You're Having Fun" because we spent over three hours there and still cried when we had to say goodbye because we didn't know the next time we would see each other.

A few months later the best news ever came... Around the end of February you texted me telling my that you were pregnant and wanted me to be your beautiful baby's aunt. I was so excited. In April you found out that you were having a boy, Killian Nathaniel. A healthy baby boy was growing in my best friends tummy and that meant another visit home to not only see everybody but for a baby shower. Yayy!!! Killian is one special and spoiled baby boy!

I cannot wait until I am able to come down and visit you instead of you coming up here. I never thought I would be able to live though the distance and only being able to see you for a few hours at months at a time, but I love our friendship. You are the older sister I never had but always wanted. Its been almost six years since we met and the best six years ever! I love you so much and can't wait to see you next and for when baby Killian is born! Thanks for being my rock and my world!