I remember it like it was yesterday. More specifically, Dec. 21, 2015. My best friend texted me and said she was engaged.

Not just any best friend, my person. My first friend. She has been there for me since I was three years old. She got engaged and my world turned upside down. I felt so many emotions, all I could do was cry. It was instant.

First, I was excited. My best friend found someone who she wants to spend the rest of her life with. After going through life with her, I watched her try to find the perfect guy, and she finally found him, and he found her. I couldn't stop thinking about what she said to me throughout their relationship before getting engaged. She told me, "I truly know what love is now. I have never felt like this with anyone else." And that is when I knew that this love was true. I have seen her "fall in love" before. I could definitely tell that he is not like the others.

Then, I went through a sadness phase. I went through many realizations in a split second that made me question the event that I should feel nothing but happiness about.

I realized that my best friend has a new person. I am now not going to be the first person she tells of her achievements, her failures, her hardships, her triumphs, and just her life in general. She has a new person to have grub dates with, movie nights, shopping sprees, and just the everyday long talks that could be totally serious or be about nothing whatsoever. She has a new person to make precious memories with and someone else to grow old with. I imagined the lives we had made for ourselves at our youngest ages and all of the major life events suddenly changed. I was scared that I was losing my person.

But then I realized, I'm not losing my best friend. I am actually gaining a partner. I realized my best friend has a new best friend, and that is okay.

He is my partner in the pursuit of happiness of my best friend. We will work together with the common goal of making her life great. I have a new friend, that loves my best friend like I do. I trust him as her keeper, to make sure that no harm comes her way and that she is safe. I realized that I am always going to be there, because that is our best friend rule.

So, to the love of her life, thank you. Thank you for finding my best friend. Thank you for cherishing and loving her as much as I do. Thank you for being there for her when I can't. Thank you for making a promise to do this, for the rest of your life.

And to my best friend, thank you to bring joy to my life every single day. Thank you for never giving up on me, even when I suck. Thank you for you constant companionship and all our memories. Here's to many more memories. And here's to being by your side especially as your Maid of Honor.