About six months ago I was feeling very lonely and couldn't understand why even though I was in a loving and committed relationship, I felt so lonely all the time. I told myself I would never get attached to another female friend. Because most of the girls I befriended were slimy and only wanted to suck my money and clothes out from under me. Typical female stuff of course. I always said that I wasn't meant to befriend girls. I couldn't relate to the petty problems girls face.

I posted a simple status about how I wanted someone to go get manicures and pedicures with, little did I know, my soulmate best friend was going to comment on that status. My best friend, Ashley. She and I had been coworkers at the 99 for about nine months and had a couple conversations here and there but we never talked outside of work. We were coworkers and had a few laughs about the crazy tables she was waiting on and had small talk about boys and that was it. We hung out one time, and that was the end of it. She had me hooked on her.

Everyone has that one friend that you just think, "How did I ever live without this person?" And she makes me question that every single day. We went and got the pedicure I wanted and then we never really separated each other since. She is the one I consult before I make any sort of decision. Whether it be what shirt I want to wear today to what flavor of ice cream I should get that day. She makes me smile when I'm upset. Whether it's a fight with the boyfriend or a bad night at work, she is always my first text. She always relates and never judges. She's older than me by a few years, so in my eyes she knows everything. She's taught me so much about how I to get through life in the short time I have been friends with her.

One thing that people don't know about me is I lost my one and only sister to a car accident when she was 17. I was 12, I had no understanding of what an older sister felt like because I was so young when I lost her, I never got to form the relationship I wanted. Since December, I understand what having an older sister is like. Someone to help you do your make up and answer all your silly make up questions. Someone to take you on crazy and wild adventures randomly all the time. Someone to watch crazy movies with and cuddle with on the couch. There will never be a day I don't love Ashley. As she is more than a coworker, or a friend, she is my older sister, and for her I will forever be grateful.