To my far away friend,

It’s been since about December that I’ve seen you and I really can’t stand it. I think about you all the time. Usually it’s when I laugh so hard I can’t breathe or when I’m sitting in my tears in a stressful situation. I guess that’s what 19 years of friendship does to you. At every birthday party, we were crying, and I’d like to think they were tears of joy as we were turning another year older but they were “it’s not MY birthday tears”.

Living down the street from each other really helped. We watched each other grow. We played with barbies and disagreed on what dress ups looked best on each other. We played spy’s outside till one of our moms was dragging us into the car. And most often we were laughing at silly things no one els found funny. As time grew so did we. High school, parties and boys were all taking place of those memories we had made in the past.

I moved across town and it really did make everything a bit harder. You were the drama queen and I was the athletic “involved in everything” girl but never once did I think any less of our friendship although we were so incredibly different. We drifted quite a bit and I think that was mostly because I didn’t know how to understand or talk to someone as intelligent as you. I felt embarrassed and ashamed of things I wasn’t yet learning in school or things that I had participated in that weekend. To be honest I’m not sure why I let this hinder our relationship. As we’ve grown older I’ve noticed how incredibly alike we are and although I take a week to answer your text back or may only call you once a month I want you to know how much I appreciate those phone calls. How no matter what I know we can pick up right where we left off.

I thank you for the times you let me cry on your lap over heart breaks that were nothing compared to the love I’ve found now. I want to thank you for supporting that love. I want to thank you for letting me vent for hours about things I’m sure you didn’t find as interesting as I did and I want to thank you for pretending to find them interesting! I want to thank you for loving me, my corky, silly self that not a lot of people got to see. I want to thank you for answering even when I haven’t called you in 2 months. I want to thank you for laughing at my silly jokes and crying at my birthday parties. I want to thank you for being truly the best best friend a human could ask for. So to 19 years of friendship, to the girl I know is gonna be standing by my side on my wedding day, and to the girl I hope one day my kids will call Aunty leggy and who will grow old by my side, is one is for you.

I wish all the best to you. You might be 1,359 miles away but I hope you know how incredibly close you are to my heart. You’re a wonderful best friend I’ve been so blessed with and I hope you know how much I’ve appreciated these years. Thank you for all you do. Cheers to 19 year and 19 more years and 19 more years after that.

P.S. Please feel free to point out and correct any spelling or grammatical errors lol