To my biffle, You are so strong. I don’t know how you keep going in school, especially with all the crap that happens in your personal life. I love you so so so much and I’m so sorry that I can’t come visit you this year. Please don’t ever let us grow apart or forget how we became friends.

To Janice, my biffle’s mom, You’re like a second mother to me and I always feel so welcome in your home. It’s amazing to me how you have managed to balance a career and motherhood, as I can barely manage half of that equation. Thank you so much for raising my biffle into the amazing woman she is. Please don’t ever let her go.

To Melanie, my favorite roommate, Thank you for taking me to the doctor today. You’re the leader of our group and we all look to you for strength. I admire how much energy and ambition you have. There is a passion in everything you do. Please don’t let boys ever get in the way of you pursuing your dreams.

To Caitlin, my less than favorite roommate, As annoying as you are sometimes, you have taught me a lot about growing up and being self reliant. You are a good contrast to me to see if my life is going ok or not. Thank you for always having your room messier than mine. You give me something to measure myself against, something that I always strive to be better than. I can’t wait for you to get married in April. Please don’t have babies right away.

To Lesley, my best frined who stood by me through every stupid boy I dated, Thank you. Thank you so much for not giving up on me. Thank you for pretending to be happy for me even when I stupidly got engaged only 2 weeks after my 18th birthday. Thank you for cheering me on as I broke up with him. Thank you for not hating me when I got back with the guy who broke me the hardest. Thank you for the laughs we shared over the boy I never should have made out with. Thank you for not killing me when I got engaged to another equally stupid boy. Thank you for keeping me sane after the breakup. Thank you for your honest advice when I told everyone I was going to elope with my high school sweetheart. Thank you for not having me committed to an asylum after all the self-inflicted drama I put myself through. And thank you for agreeing to be co-maid of honor with the biffle now that I found someone responsible and not psycho. I know you really wanted to be the only maid of honor. Thank you for understanding why you have to share. Please don’t think it means that you mean any less to me.