I get by with a little help from my friends.

For the people close to me, my break-up from my fiance and boyfriend of four years was one of the hardest moments of my life. I pushed everyone away that I possibly could have because I thought it would be easier to deal with it all on my own. However, there were a few people that came along and helped me more than they probably even know -- some of them were my best friends and others of them came into my life unexpectedly when I unknowingly needed them the most.

So, here's a thank you to the friends who saw me at my worst and loved me still.

1. To my forever favorite roomie.

I was so lucky to have had a roommate and best friend who felt my pain even more than I did and wanted nothing more than to take that pain from me so I didn't have to experience it anymore. I was so lucky to have someone that knew I didn't want to talk but that my head would be pounding from crying so much that she'd bring me Tylenol and chicken noodle soup to comfort me. I was lucky to have someone who cried with me and wiped my tears from my face even when the tears were still streaming down her face for me. I was lucky to have a friend who heard me when I said I had never been given flowers before and on my birthday, she left me flowers to wake up to with a clown card because she's a teacher and that's the best she could do that morning. I was lucky to have someone that even when I let this person back into my life when I shouldn't have, she didn't turn her back on me but rather understood and vowed to still hurt him if he ever hurt me again. I will never be able to say thank you enough for being the person who put me back together again. I hope you know that you're still one of my biggest inspirations and will always be my best friend and my person.

2. To my "little sister."

Thank you for becoming the little sister that I never knew I needed. Though you may not know it, having you in my life to laugh with and be young with gave me a reason to pull myself out of my funk and get it together after my break-up. Though you aren't biologically related to me, I feel like you get me better than most people. You may not have known my ex or been there the moment that we broke up but you were there when I needed help putting all the pieces of me back together. You were there when I wanted to start over and become a better person. You helped me become the better person that I am today. Thank you for not asking too many questions about what happened and just being there with ears open when I wanted to vent. Thank you for loving me when I wasn't very lovable and for reminding me daily still that I'm loved. You are an important piece of my puzzle and I hope you never forget that.

3. To the guy who showed me that not all guys are the same.

You probably don't even realize that you were this person for me but you absolutely were. You blocked my ex for me on Facebook when I physically couldn't do it myself. You let me sit and vent to you for months never judging me for being stupid or telling me to get over it already. You laughed with me when I wanted to laugh at the stupidity of it all and you let me be when you knew I just needed a moment. You made me tougher by reminding me that I didn't need people like him in my life (in your words, "trash"). You told me the honest truth about the person that he was and you proved to me that I was better than I thought I was. You made me laugh when I wanted to cry and that right there is a big deal. Thank you for being the guy that proved to me that not all guys are out to hurt you. And, thank you for always looking out for me even when you don't have to.

4. To my "twin."

You aren't my biological sister but you certainly became the sister that God knew I needed in my life. If anything helped me to get over my break-up, it was you and your ability to make something normal, totally weird and hilarious! More times than none, I was too busy laughing at you to even think about my ex. You didn't have to give me philosophical advice to make my break-up easier, you were just you. You didn't allow my break-up to define me and who I was. Because of you, I didn't feel the need to cry, I just wanted to laugh and go on rides with you blasting "CoCo" or "Legend" while we went for peach cobbler runs. You helped me laugh my way through my break-up and that's exactly what I didn't know I needed. Thank you for always getting me and loving me even when I'm annoying and just want love.

5. To my ginger.

(Don't hate me for the ginger comment.) Even though we've talked about how terrible of a friend and roommate I can be because I like to hideout in my room away from the world, I just want to say thank you for always loving me even when I probably don't deserve it. When I was going through my break-up, you were there for me. You didn't have to be, you chose to be. You chose to stay up with me late at night on the porch and talk me through what I was feeling. You listened to me vent for hours and never made theconversation about you. Thank you for caring about me enough to stay when other people would have left. Thank you for reaching out and holding on to me long enough to live with me for two years. Thank you for continuing to listen to me when I vent and relate every relationship problem of yours to my past (lol, my bad). Thank you for thinking of me and being so selfless always. I take your friendship for granted and didn't realize how much you were there for me through my break-up until I began writing this article. You were the person that came into my life unexpectedly and made the biggest impact and move to stay even when things got ugly for me. I'll never be able to thank you enough for putting up with me through the good and bad. Just remember, you too deserve the world.

Of course, there were so many others who impacted my life over the past year as I went on this post-break-up journey of self-recognition but beyond a shadow of a doubt, these five people were the glue that held me together. These people gave me a shoulder to cry on when I needed it, a good belly-laugh at just the right moments, the best advice anyone could ever need, and the reassurance that I will never be alone in this world as long as I have them in my life. Thank you for being incredible people. I love you all beyond measure.

I pray that you all have friends like mine who love you even at your worst.