*My Best Friend*

So I have this friend, and she is amazing. We have been inseparable since we were 10 years old. There wasn't a weekend I didn't spend with her playing volleyball, watching Pearl Harbor, or staying up all night laughing. The biggest fight we ever had was in 5th grade and it was over a fruit roll up. She has stuck with me through the good, the bad, and the ugly and somehow she still likes me and we still have things to talk about! So many memories of loving the same boys, the awful night at Lagoon, reading my journal and laughing at how ridiculous I am, singing in the car, me waking up on the floor and not knowing how I got there, and the hours of talking.

Our lives took us in different directions and we spent a year apart. I hated not having my best friend around, but thankfully life has brought us back together again. This last week we went night swimming and I stopped at her house to pick her up. I walked in and we were wearing the exact same outfit! Apparently after 10 years of being friends, you start dressing the same way without even talking about it.

This girl is one of the greatest blessings I have been given. I wouldn't be the person I was without her. She never gave up on me even when I deserved it. She has always been there for me, knows me better than I know myself sometimes, and I will always love her!

"A best friend is the person who knows the song in your heart and can sing it back to you when you have forgotten the words."

Thank you Syd for always listening, letting me cry, and reminding me what is really important. Also, most importantly, for hating all the boys that are jerks and reminding me I deserve better! I love you!