To the person I used to know,

Remember when we used to do everything together? The memories were too great to count and the inside jokes so numerous that I could barely remember them all. Remember when we would sit in one of our rooms and come up with some crazy scheme? They never worked out, probably because we always chickened out before going through with it.

Do you remember anything about us anymore?

I used to think we were forever. Nothing was going to tear us apart, and then suddenly, I turned around and everything had changed. I don’t even know how because along the way I never noticed the subtle signs that things were shifting from the way they were. Looking back, I realize I should have seen the signs. I should have noticed how we didn’t talk as much anymore. We claimed we would make an effort to hang out, but that never really happened. We said we’d never let relationships get in the way. Famous last words, right? We swore we’d never be the ones who drifted apart. We were going to be different from the rest.

We are told that the people who mean the most to us will always be with us no matter what. I guess that means we didn’t mean as much to each other as we thought we did, or else we’d still be who we used to be. You’ve moved on and so have I, and I have to be alright with that.

I still miss those days sometimes. The days when I could call you up when I needed something. The days when you were enough to make me smile. The days when we made plans about our futures together because we were sure that they were going to be intertwined. I miss all of that, and so much more. Mainly though, I miss us.

I should be bitter about the fact that you no longer seem to care. You don’t text or call, you don’t post throw-backs of us together. It’s like you erased high school from your mind, and only the past two years hold any importance to you. After saying that, I guess I am a little bitter, but I’m also resigned to the fact that this is how life goes. In reality, I’m as much to blame as you are. I realized what was going on and decided we weren’t worth fighting for. I realized that people grow apart, and no matter how much we don’t want to be one of those statistics, we can’t avoid it. We are the ones who used to be a major part in someone’s life and then suddenly weren’t.

Regardless, I want to say thank you. Thank you for the memories that I will keep with me forever. Thank you for being such an important person in my life when I desperately needed someone who would be there for me. We held each other up and enabled each other to become better people. Thank you for showing me that sometimes opposites are good together. We were so different. Country and city, athletic and artistic, bold and shy- we really didn’t have as much in common as I thought, and yet we made it work. You were my best friend. Thank you for giving me someone who deserved that title. I will always be grateful for what we had.

Love,

The one who let you go.