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An Open Letter To My Best Friend's Family

You're there for me, even when you don't have to be.

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An Open Letter To My Best Friend's Family
Alicia Simms

There hasn't been a time, that I don't look forward to coming to your home. You could all be gathered up in the living room or spread around the house, but the first thing I'm greeted with is so much love. It's amazing to me, really, that there can be so many of you, but time and time again you take people into your home and make them one of your own.

Each and everyone one of you plays such an important role in my friendship with your daughter. Whether it's the parents who have given me the very gift of her presence. Or the siblings that are there for her when I can't be. I never take for granted how much you mean to her. Not only do you welcome me into your own home to be apart of your family, but you make me want to be a better part of my own family.

It doesn't matter if you argue or struggle with each other, each one of you refuses to give up on each other. You are a family that never stops fighting for each other and that inspires me every time I step foot in your house.

Being a parent is no easy feat (especially with a crazy best friend like mine). But, you both put in a ridiculous amount of hours working to put them through the best education they could ever receive. Without your constant dedication, I may never had the chance to meet your daughter in school. You never miss a beat with your family and I know it has made her life better.

Each one of the siblings feels like my own and it's like having the younger sisters I never got. My best friend is an absolute reflection of each and everyone of you and it's hard to imagine who she would be without you. I'm thankful that I get the chance to be in your life (even if that means you all borrow my clothes).

There can never be enough ways to put into words how grateful I am that my best friend has the family that she does. Once in a lifetime is really all I say to describe the bunch of you. Through thick and thin, ups and downs, you have molded my best friend into such an amazing person. Everyone who encounters your family will experience a friendship unlike anything else.

I know I will always be able to count on all of you for a laugh, even if its at the expense of being made fun of. No one will ever be able to replace the spot you've taken in my heart.

I never knew the day I met my best friend, I would gain something so much more than a friendship.

Thank for you investing in our friendship and truly caring for me as your own. You are once in a lifetime and I am so glad God blessed my lifetime with you.

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