Dear Old Friend,

It sure has been a while. You've missed out on a lot, but don't worry, others stepped in to fill your place.

We spent a lot of time together. We became part of each others' families and even started to believe it ourselves. We made plans around each other for our futures, we even talked about our future families. We celebrated many holidays and milestones together, which at the time was wonderful but as I look back now on the times you've missed out on, I don't see how we were ever friends at all. We didn't have much in common, we often disagreed on many things for each other. But we helped each other grow, which to me is very important.

I find myself wondering what it'd be like if we were still friends now.

I want you to know I'm happy for you. I'm proud of all the things you've accomplished and I'm proud to say we were friends at one point.

To be completely honest, I just never felt like I was good enough for you. I felt as if I never made you as proud as you said I did. I tried to be there as much as I could, but sometimes it just didn't work out the way we wanted it to. I know I didn't make the best decisions when it came to relationships and you always made sure to tell me that, but neither did you.

I always felt like the ugly duckling with you. You never thought I was good enough.

That's all changed though.

I've had so many accomplishments since you decided to walk out of my life.

Not that I have to convince you, I honestly don't really care what you have to say anymore. Your opinion no longer matters to me, I hate to say it but it doesn't. I used to value your opinion more than anyone else's, but that all changed when you decided that a relationship was more important than our friendship.

That happened frequently to tell you the truth, I tried to tell you so many times how bad someone was for you and you didn't listen. You never listened to my opinion, even though in the end I was right.

None of that matters anymore. We've both moved on. We're both stronger than before, we're both further into our careers than before. And we're both happier than before.

I don't regret our friendship, at all. It was the experience I needed just to realize how much worth I really do have. I realized I should never put myself down as much as I did when we were friends. So thank you, for being a bump in my road and for being a notch on my belt and being a chapter in my life that I'm so happy I can close.