Dear Bestie,
Just know that no amount of words on this page will ever fully capture my deep gratitude and love for you. But this is my best attempt to even inch towards that. You, my friend, are nothing short of spectacular. And I am your biggest cheerleader.
Thinking about you is equivalent to the moment right as a game-winning shot goes through the net and everything in you cannot help but explosively react. It’s like everything in my body just feels this urge to cheer. For you.
It’s because I’ve seen all of your tiny victories. The moments of growth. The glimpses of progress. The overcoming. And the overcoming again. And again.
You’ve let me into the hard moments. The days that felt like failure. The pain that felt all-consuming. The guilt that riddled you. The shame that kept you small. You let me see that and share that and walk with you through that.
Every time you’ve come out on the other side. And every time it has been nothing short of miraculous. You are miraculous.
Every day you wake up, you love your people well, you push yourself, you show up. None of those things are easy. But you choose them. All of us, the people lucky enough to be in your circle, feel that choice. We are all better because you have chosen us.
Most days choosing us comes at the expense of choosing yourself. I know you wouldn’t have it any other way. But I do want you to hear me say this. It is ok to choose you. In fact, I would love for you to choose you. Even if it meant not choosing me. But until you can do that, I’ll keep choosing you and showing up for you and loving you too. You deserve that.
Life has not been easy for you lately. I know the struggle is exhausting. You are exhausted. Friend, rest. I know you feel like it is your responsibility to keep it together and to keep the rest of us in motion. But it is time for you to lay that down. My love for you isn’t dependent on how well you keep pushing. Believe it or not, my love for you won’t even waver if you pause, and rest.
Gone are the days of having to prove and earn and prove and earn and prove and earn. This era of friendship is so much bigger and deeper than that. My love and my gratitude for you simply exist. I cannot imagine a world where they don’t exist because now that I know you I cannot unknow you. And now that I love you I cannot unlove you.
You have walked with me through the hardest days of my life. And I have done the same for you. We are forever linked, arm in arm, and I am never letting go.
I know you feel isolated right now. But you are not alone. I know you are doubting yourself right now. But somehow, to me, you’ve never seemed more brave.
I am forever inspired by you.
I almost said “I could not do this life without you.” But I know you would correct me and remind me that I could most definitely do it without you. Because you believe in me and my power. But I am very grateful I do not have to do this life without you because it is so much better with you. I am so much better with you.
I love you so big. Forever and always. Arm in arm. I’ve got you.
Am