You were in my life for a reason. I know you’re gone now, but that doesn’t change any impact you’ve made on my life. We were best friends; we took on the world together and fought every battle together. Now it’s just a process of trying to figure out myself again without you, but that’s OK. It wasn’t worthless.

You taught me how it’s OK to be 110 percent myself, and you know that was something I've always struggled with. I never loved my body or my insecurities, but you saw my flaws and imperfections as a reason to love me even more because I wasn’t perfect. If you could see right through those things, I now know other people can too.

I understand I was never easy to handle when things went downhill, but you were always there for me no matter what, and that meant more to me than anything else. You taught me how to smile again after a bad day, reminded me there are more important things in life and that everything will get easier with time.

Sometimes we were a roller coaster, I know. We had our good times and bad times, but either way, I knew we would be alright. Even though a day came around where we weren’t anymore, I am OK with it because you still made those years in my life count for something.

Thank you for showing me that happiness is more than just smiles, because it’s not all about the moments you made me laugh; it’s everything else too. Thank you for making me more confident in myself than I ever have before. Thank you for believing in me when I never believed in myself. Thank you for being a part of my life; you taught me so many things about it. Most importantly, thank you for giving me a chance to move on and find myself again.