Tim McGraw has this classic country song called, "My Best Friend."
Other than it talking about making love and being in love and other awkward things that don't apply to my best friend, it's the song that I think of when I think of my best friend.
"You're more than a lover
There could never be another
To make me feel the way you do
Oh we just get closer
I fall in love all over
Every time I look at you
I don't know where I'd be
Without you here with me
Life with you makes perfect sense
You're my best friend
You're my best friend"
Victoria and I have been friends since freshman year of high school. We had Spanish class together and she was dating one of my really good guy friends. I'm not totally sure what brought her and I so close, but I'm forever grateful.
I know I'm hard headed and really stubborn, but somehow she has stuck by me through six years of friendship.
Victoria has been there for me through countless heartbreaks, family hardships, Disney trips, beach vacations, graduating from high school, fights between us, my niece's birth, and moving to college.
Moving to college was one of the harder things that we have had to endure. At home, we're only a five-minute drive from each other, but from the University of South Carolina to the College of Charleston we are two hours from one another.
Victoria cries just about every single time we leave each other from a visit and I'm not much for crying, but it takes a lot out of me not having my best friend around all the time.
Things Victoria doesn't hear enough are how strong she is. How kind she is. How incredible and funny she is. How she doesn't give up.
I know I'm a little biased in seeing all the great things about her because she is my best friend, but I don't know how more people don't look at her the way I do.
Tor, thanks for sticking by my side through it all. Through things, I can't really talk about anymore or things I may not remember. Thank you for dealing with my stubbornness and for how hard headed I can be.
Thank you for the late night drives blasting music so loud I can't even hear myself, feeding me when I run out of money, being my gym buddy, motivating me, and sticking with me even when I make stupid decisions.
Not everyone can put up with someone like me and I am forever grateful to you.
Thank you for never giving up on me and for always being there for me no matter what.
No matter what is going on in your own life, you never fail to make me feel like I'm still just as important. That I matter.
You believe in me even when I don't believe in myself. I'm a better person because of who you are.
Thank you for being my best friend, for being my person.
I love you more than I could ever begin to explain.
I don't know where I'd be, without you here with me.
Life with you makes perfect sense.
Victoria, you're my best friend.
