Before you came into my life, I was surrounded by people who constantly made me feel inferior. People that made me feel as if I wasn't good enough to keep around. People that truly made me question my existence on this Earth with every passing day.

Then, you came into my life. I never expected to be friends with you. I thought you were too cool to be friends with me. I thought you were too pretty, too sweet, too 'popular', whatever that means anymore, to be friends with me. Even so, you made me feel cared for from day one.

We spent hours talking about music when we should have been talking about work. We confided in each other about things that we didn't tell many other people. We took late night drives to get food and bonded over the retellings of stories. We went to basketball games and cheered on our favorite boys. Somehow, you slowly became the best part of my life, and I wasn't even looking for friends. I think, though, the universe just knew I needed someone. No, the universe knew that I needed you.

I needed your smile and dumb jokes. I needed late night drives to McDonald's and endless girl time. I needed your outgoing personality to compliment my own semi-outgoingness. I needed your kind heart and willful soul to show me just how amazing I am.

I needed you to come into my life, not only to become a person who teaches me how to love life to the fullest, but to become my best friend. I hope you never forget that I adore you. I hope you always know how much you mean to me, even though I can't put it into words. You have become such a major part of my life, I could never imagine living without you now.

Thank you for everything you do for me. Thank you for coming into my life when I least expected it. I love you.