Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Once Upon A Senior

This, is for you.

I love you. You're always by my side and know just what to say or do to make me feel like I belong. Times have been tough and they have been easy, but regardless of what they have been like you have always stood by me, caring for what I am feeling. You listen to all my stupid words and you take the advice I give you. I only wish I was able to tell you how much you mean to me. You know it's difficult for me to express myself like that, but I want you to know that I'll always stay here for you. I don't care if you're right next door or a million miles away, I'm always here for you to call, message, IM, or visit. You mean so much to me, I don't know what I would do if you were gone. You understand me, you see right through any masks I put up (the rare ones I do) and I see myself reflected in you many times. I'm so glad that we're friends. You have changed my life in ways you possibly are unaware of, and have made me a more complete person. You have let me see through your eyes and walk in your shoes. We have shared timeless moments that I know I will keep in the memory box of my heart, and take out to replay whenever I am down. Sometimes I don't understand the things you do, but I know there's a reason for them all. You know my secrets, my woes, my failures and my triumphs, and even what makes me break. But I completely trust that you won't break me, just pick up the pieces and put them back together when someone else does. You truly are something else. If it wasn't for you constantly reminding me of how "fantastic" or "beautiful" I am, I probably wouldn't be aware of any of it, or even believe it. I will always have you with me, in my heart. I hope you know that. No matter how much time passes, you will forever be part of the person I am and will be. Friendships are broken, but ours will remain; your hardships have become mine, my problems yours, our joys have become one, and I see the blessing you have brought to my life. Thanks, for everything. But greater yet, thanks for helping me find myself.