Dear best friend,

Thank you. I am sure I do not say this nearly enough as I need to, so let me just say it again: thank you. I am not sure how I would be surviving this year in college without you, and honestly, I do not think I would want to know if I would even be surviving this year without you. Thank you for keeping me focused when I need to stay up late to study for my exam or when I have to write multiple papers and all I want to do is binge watch "Parks and Recreation" on Netflix for the umpteenth time. Thank you for taking away the remote so I cannot access Netflix. You have saved my grade and showed me the importance of staying focused and being productive without making it a painfully long process. You may not even know it, but you have helped me keep sane on those long nights when I have two tests, two papers and an oral report all due the next day.

Thank you for holding me up when I am falling apart, for helping me with my hair when I am running late for work, for helping me fold laundry, for kissing my tears when I am irrationally crying and for holding me tight until all of my broken pieces come back together again. Thank you for making me smile on the days I did not think it was possible. Most importantly, thank you for always being my "ride or die" and my best friend until the day I die.

You know me better than I even know myself; you have a way of making me feel beautiful on my most ugly days and for reminding me how appreciated I am. You remind me why it is important to be the bigger person (even though we both know I will never be the bigger person because of my height). You show forgiveness to everyone, even to those who I firmly believe do not deserve your forgiveness or friendship. You make me believe in humanity again.

Thank you for watching my Netflix shows even though you do not enjoy them. Thank you for never tiring of my laugh or the fact that I constantly burst out with the most random of questions or comments. Thank you for loving all of my quirks, even the weird ones. Thank you for loving me for who I am and never trying to change me, but instead inspiring me to be a better person.

Thank you for holding my hand when I feel like I am standing alone. Thank you for challenging me mentally with our political and religious "debates" and for opening up my mind on subjects I never knew I could open my mind on. Thank you for always calling me out when I am wrong and when I am not being the person you love.

Last of all, thank you for never giving up on me. Thank you for always going on adventures with me and for letting me be the kid I am inside. Thank you for rarely complaining when I want to take seven million selfies or pictures at events. Thank you for being my go-to, my partner in crime, my lover and my best friend.

Thank you.