To the friendship that I had to leave behind,

I would like to start off by saying, thank you for being there for me since we started pre-k. So many things had happened from the start of our friendship, to the end of it, I still love you with every inch of my heart that I have. You blessed me with all of your beautiful laughter at four in the morning, and all of the stupid ideas we thought would make us rich and famous. You molded me into the woman that I am today. You made me believe that there were better things in this world for me than just following in someone's footsteps- you showed me that I needed to make a path for myself. You blessed me with the many things that you did for me; from waking up in the middle of the night to meet me at the hospital when my dad passed away, to long car rides to the Look Out just so that we could see the sun go down, and from helping me "study" my way through summer school my eighth grade year (but you really did all the homework for me).

I miss you more than anything in this world, but we both knew that it was time we went our own ways. From the day that we stopped talking, things have honestly gotten better in my life because I finally started doing things for myself. I gained self-confidence and became happy with myself instead of hiding in your shadow. But I still wouldn't trade any of our memories for anything in this entire world. The day I came home and told my mom that we were not friends anymore, she saw the sadness in my eyes, but she also saw hope because I would be starting a new journey for myself. Thank you so much for everything you showed me.

Just always know that no matter what, I will always be here for you. The hardest thing that I have ever had to do was stop having connections with your family after we stopped being friends. I really don't think that I could do it again. But with losing you also came gain. I became a better person not only for myself, but for the people that remained in my life because the negative and toxic energy that we gave to each other finally seemed to settle down as we slowly but surely continued on with our lives. You will always be the best friend that I had growing up as a child and I wouldn't want to change any of that. I love you, B. Thank you for making me the better person that I am today, and making me realize how much self-worth I really have.