back to the street where we began.

Dear Lauren,

I wish I could write something unforgettable just for your sake. I wish the world was simple and there was no conflict. But this is not real. I’m writing this because you deserve it. You have taught me to love. You showed me how to be selfless and always put others before myself. You tell me silly things and help me become a better person just by knowing you. Nobody can take away what you do. No one can tell you that you’re not worth it. You can do anything in this world. We all can. I want to write you and use the best words I can find. I want this letter to feel like when you replay a song for hours because it’s not lying to you and it can’t see you. I want this to be better than the feeling you get when you first find yourself.
Lauren, I admire the way you push yourself and make it through everything that is thrown at you. No matter what you are the strongest person out there. You deserve someone to love you unconditionally. You deserve the best friends a girl could have. You have earned the right to be amazing. No one could go through what you have and come out the way you have. You have made it out of that phase in life. That is no longer apart of you. You’re better and bigger now. Lauren is another person from that Lauren.
I don’t know what drove me to write this. Maybe it was boredom but maybe it was an overdue thank you. Many nights I didn’t know what to do. Many times I needed fresh eyes to read my writings. You always said yes and did me a favor. Thank you doesn’t stand up to what I owe you. This letters the same. I wish you the best in life. I hope you live an amazing life and find your mother. I hope you get every opportunity you want because you deserve it. Although I won’t know you for all my life, I will remember you. Our friendship will never be done. Your support will never leave my heart. Your strength and love will never stop making me want to measure up to you. May you find grace when it is hard. May life never through you a curve ball. Never second guess that you are worthy.
People search the world high and low to find what you have found. You have found the ability to find the good in people. You have the gift to always find the brighter side of things. You have more patience than is bearable. You are the fruit loop in the box of cheerios. I wish you all the luck and I thank you a thousand times.
Live life the way your heart and head tell you to; never how someone else says.

Sincerely,
Courtney.