To My Best Friends,
I have some thoughts for you. Let me take a minute and express gratitude to you for the amazing, wonderful, influential people you are. When I was in Jr. High, I did not have any friends. I wasn't bullied necessarily, and people were usually always kind to me, but I just didn't have any special connections with anyone. I so desired to have a friend, and cried myself to sleep every night not knowing who I was going to talk to or sit with that day. During that low time in my life, I learned some things. I learned that my family will always be there. I learned that I am strong, even if I stand alone. I learned that I have a friend in my Savior Jesus Christ. Though that year and a half in my life was hard, I wouldn't trade it for anything because of those relationships I established with Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ, and my family. To Ashlee, You are the friend I was blessed with and promised in a Father's blessing at the beginning of my freshmen year. Though our frie