Dear Brandi,

You are the greatest friend a person could ask for. Whenever I need you, you’re always there for me. Whenever I’m sad you can always cheer me up. Whenever I feel alone I know I’m not because I will always have you. You mean so much to me and I’m so glad to have a friend like you that I know will always stick by my side no matter what.

We have been best friends for as long as I can remember. It all started in kindergarten when we had the same teacher. On the first day I was crying because I missed my mom, and you came up to me and asked me to play with you. You were so nice to me and we had so much fun together. We’ve been inseparable ever since. We would hang out almost every weekend and we would have the best times together. We would play outside for hours making forts, playing “house”, and riding bike around my yard.

Once intermediate school came along, we grew further apart because we didn’t have the same teachers and we hardly got to see each other during the day. Third and fourth grade were probably the worst years of my life. We never got to see each other and we both started to make new friends, but they were never as good of friends as you were. I remember always seeing you walk outside for recess with all your other friends. It would always make me so sad because I wanted to play with you at recess.

Fifth grade is when we started to become close again. On the first day of school, I walked into the classroom, and I saw your round chubby face and rosy cheeks staring at me. I was so excited to see you! You were wearing a big white skirt and a neon pink tank top. I thought you looked so cute, and I was jealous of everything about you. During fifth grade we grew even closer than before. We walked hand in hand to every class, and sometimes we even dressed the same. I remember we both had the same green vest from Old Navy and we would wear it the same day, so we would look like twins. We even had the same brief case that we would put all of our school stuff in. We were one-in-the-same.

After fifth grade we got to move on to the big middle school. I remember being so nervous and scared to go. Some nights we would stay up and talk about how excited, but yet how nervous we were. We wanted to fit in so badly with all the older kids and be cool just like them. That summer we stayed up and talked about what we thought it was going to be like, and we even planned what we were going to wear. I told you that I was going to wear my new Aeropostale® sweatshirt with my purple shorts, and you said were going to wear your purple and white flannel with jean shorts. The morning of the first day when we both got to school we checked our schedule to see if we had any classes together. We both screamed and jumped for joy when we saw that we had all the same classes. That automatically made me less nervous because I knew my best friend would be by my side the whole way.

The years slipped by, and we were soon in eighth grade and ready to move on to high school. I remember how excited we were to move on to the high school and get away from all the old teachers in the middle school, have new responsibilities, and make new friends.

The first day of high school felt like the first day of sixth grade all over again. We had almost all of our classes together, and we were both so excited to start our high school career. Any class we would take together we would always have the best time. Even if the class was terrible and boring and the teacher was crabby, we somehow always seemed to find a way to make it fun.

Science was one of my favorite classes with you freshmen year. We probably didn’t learn as much as we should have, but it was still a great time, and I would give anything to take that class over with you again. Our experiments couldn’t have been worse. We were always so confused on what was going on because we would always be talking and laughing when the teacher was trying to explain directions. We were probably the worst students a teacher could ask for, but hey, at least we had a fun time.

Surprisingly, we passed freshman year and moved on to sophomore year where we are now. I’m hoping this year will be as great as all of our other years spent together. I know they will be, because whenever we are together, we always have the best times and do the dumbest things. Right now we have three classes together at the beginning of the day. Every morning when I wake up, I never want to go to school, but knowing I’m going to see my best friend for the first four hours of school makes it much more enjoyable and, some days, I actually want to go to school so I can see you.

Graduating high school is what we have been dreaming of since as long as I can remember. I can’t wait to have new teachers, a new school, and meet new people. It’s going to be a big change, but I know it’s going to be a good one. The only thing I don’t want to change is our friendship. I hope when we both go off to college we stay as close as we are now. We probably won’t see each other as much as we do now, but I know we can make it work.

I think it’s safe to say that I don’t know where I would be without you, Brandi. You’ve changed me for the better, and I can’t thank you enough for that. We have so many fun memories together, and I could not be more grateful to have a best friend like you in my life. I can’t wait to make many more memories with you in the years to come. Thank you for being such a great best friend, Brandi.

With all the love in my heart,
Your best friend,

Morgan