7 words: the most important person in your life.
What person fits that description?
The romantic movies and tv shows that I grew up watching always talked about that one person would understand you better than everyone. I assumed that I would find someone who would fulfill all of my fantasies and fairytales. I wanted someone who knew when I was upset and knew what to do to cheer me up. I wanted someone who could talk to me for hours and hours on end without ever getting bored. I wanted someone who I could rely on: someone I could trust.
The unconditional love that I was seeking had actually been present in my life for a long time. I soon realized that this person that I was looking for was right in front of me for the past 13 years: my best friend.
My best friend is single-handedly the most important person in the world. She is the one person I share everything with. She is the one person who I know will never judge me. She is the one person who will always have my back.
When we first met in the 3rd grade, my life was definitely changed for the better. Since then, there have been countless sleepovers, millions of bad inside jokes, and so much love between us. She ended up moving to LA our sophomore year of high school and when she left, it felt like half of my heart had gone with her. This was when I realized that there would be no one like her in my life. There was no way that I could find someone who understood me more than her. This is when I knew that she was my true soulmate.
Even if I did find that fairytale love that I wanted as a kid, my best friend will always be the one person who I can tell everything to. She has shaped me into the person that I am today. She has made me more confident, fun, and has helped validate my stupid ideas and jokes. We could be with a hundred other people and only be laughing at each other because of something dumb we did 5 years ago. It’s hard to replace a bond like that.
Now, you may be thinking that this sounds like a love letter to my best friend. Well, it is. I love her more than I’ve ever loved anyone in this world. I owe everything that I am to her and I know that my life would be 100 times worse if she wasn’t in it.
The word “soulmate” isn’t often used to describe a best friend, but it is a perfect word to define the bond between two best friends. The late night boy talks, the horrible Snapchat pictures, the constant tagging in Instagram memes, the jokes that only we think is funny: these all describe the amazing relationship that I have with my best friend. The person that you do these things with is a person who should be cherished. That person, your best friend, is your true soulmate.
