At one point or another in your lifetime, you will come to realize that true, genuine friendship is rare. Sure, you have a lot of friends. But what kind of friends are they? For some, friendship is just about fun. These are the friendships that will have you doubling over in laughter; the friendships that will make you laugh so hard that your sides burn and your cheeks literally feel like they're about to pop off your body, but that's it. These friendships lack substance. For others, friendship is a matter of just withstanding the good times. These friendships are fair weather and you know from the bottom of your heart that they are not real. But while friendships like these do exist, there are certainly also friendships that will make you feel blessed and fortunate and lucky every. Single. Day. These will be friendships with people that get you; your friend will understand you, even when you don't want to be understood. These are the friendships that will never have you questioning your friend's intentions. You will know, with every ounce of your being, that your friend wants to be there for you, and not just for the good times, but also for the bad. This is your forever friend.
Your forever friend is the person that will go on life-changing adventures with you. She is the person who will aimlessly drive with you through the long and windy roads of your small town. She is the person who you will explore the unknown and wander the world with. She is the only person, you realize, who you would ever want to go on these countless crazy adventures with.
Your forever friend is the person who will never, ever sugar coat anything. She’ll tell you when you f*cked up -- when you led that nice boy on for two months too long, or when you weren't there for her as much as you should have been.
Your forever friend is the person that will bring you a box of chocolates, a handle of your favorite alcohol, and the cutest, squishiest teddy bear on the day that you need a little extra TLC. She is the person that will trekk two hours through a freakin’ blizzard just to show up to your dorm room and make sure that everything is OK. She is the person that reminds you that there are REAL, good people still left in this world. She is the person that makes you feel lucky as hell that your best friend is one of them.
Your forever friend is the very person that will teach you what it means to be a friend. She is the person that will teach you that a friendship is nothing without trust or honesty or laughter. She is the person that will teach you so. Many. Things. About yourself; she is the person that will make you realize that you are better at empathizing and giving advice than you had thought. Your forever friend is the person that will show you that forever friends are one in a million.
Your forever friend is the person who you grew up with; she helped shape you and you find pieces of her every. Single. Day. inside of the person who you have grown to be. She’s the friend that loved you through your awkward stage -- buckteeth, tie-dye obsession and all. (She also wore all of the ugly birthday presents you bought her so that you didn't have to go through your prolonged awkward stage alone- instead, you two made for an equally-as-embarrassing twosome).
Your forever friend is a parent, a friend, and a significant other all wrapped in one. She's there to scold you, to tell you when you're wrong. She's there to be your biggest supporter, to always let you know how incredibly loved you are. She's there to cuddle you, and let you know that even though the future is so wildly uncertain, she knows, without a shadow of a doubt, that you two will be in each other's lives forever.
Your forever friend is the person that is your backbone. She is your strength. She is your support. She is your safe haven.
Your forever friend is the person who is your sanity. When your walls feel like they’re closing in and when you feel like the only thing you're capable of doing is screaming and breaking down -- your forever friend is there to help you see things clearly.
Your forever friend is the person who knows you like the back of their hand; she is the person that you will never be able to bullshit. She knows when something’s wrong, even when you swear up and down that things are fine. She knows when that boy broke your heart for the 50th time, or when things at home are a bit rocky. She knows when you need a hug, but she also knows when you need to be left alone.
Your forever friend is the person that revels in your triumphs and shares your grief in your losses. You get your first boyfriend and she's elated -- she feels as if this is her first relationship too. You lose a loved one and she physically feels your pain.
Your forever friend is the person who, no matter the distance or the amount of time elapsed since you last spoke, you will always be in sync with. You could go months without contact, and wholeheartedly know that the second you two reunite, things will pick up exactly where they left off.
Your forever friend is the person who reserves absolutely no judgments. Your forever friend knows that you’re forgetful at times and that you’re snappy when it’s your time of month and that you’re bad at making plans- and she loves you anyways, through it all.
Your forever friend is the person who you will make all of your future plans with -- you’ll be roommates in NYC and you’ll travel the entire world together and you'll marry best friends 10 years from now, and then you’ll have babies at the same time and naturally they’ll be forever friends too.
Your forever friend is that one constant. She is always there -- when every little detail in the fabric of your life is up in the air, she is your safe place to land.
Your forever friend is the person that has you questioning how in the hell you got so damn lucky as to have a forever friend like her.
