I don’t give you as much credit as you deserve. I could spend days upon days telling you how much you mean to me; I can only hope you know.

Some of you I’ve only known for a few months, others I don’t even know how long it’s been that we’ve been friends; you’re basically my whole life.

So here is an ode to you. This is all for you, my best friends.

I wouldn’t be who I am today if it wasn’t for you.

Through every single good day we’ve had, we’ve had at least one or two bad. Looking back at them now, what were we even mad about? Clearly it didn’t matter now.

Looking back, things have all been how they were supposed to be.

I’ve gone through many bad things. You all know that. I know all the things that you have all gone through. And still, here we are.

I don’t give you as much credit as you deserve. Here’s what I want you to know.

I thank you so much, for supporting me and encouraging me through every single question I’ve had.

I thank you so much, for pushing me to do things that I didn’t want to do but have turned out to be the best experiences of my life.

I thank you so much being patient with me through every doubt I’ve had.

I thank you so much for helping me become the person I am today.

I complain a lot. I complain a lot about things that realistically don’t matter. I create a lot of problems for myself, things that don’t need to be turned in to problems.

I mess up a lot. I make a lot of mistakes that hurt myself and hurt other people and still, you are here.

I pride you incredibly for the way you have carried yourself through every hardship you’ve gone through.

You are the strongest people I know. You all have gone through so much ache and struggle and hurt and still, you are here.

You are here, and you are my best friends. And I will look up to you every day after today and beyond, forever thankful for the life you’ve given me.

I don’t know a lot about the future and what the days coming hold. But for you, this is what I am sure of.

I don’t know if you’ll stay in my life forever. I don’t know if you’ll drift away for a week or months and come back again after years.

I don’t know what may or may not happen. But I do know that my love and appreciation and dedication for you is something that’ll never falter. I am who I am today because of each one of you. A little piece of you, is engraved into who I am.

I can go through all of our memories and all of our talks and pick out all my favorite pieces and pick out 10 more.

For you, I am forever thankful.

I don’t know what the future holds, but I can only hope it’s always you. Because you are my best friends and after everything still, you are here.