Melissa

This has to have been one of the worst weeks of my life. I have been dealing with my best friend moving across the country. I've been through this before with people I have considered to be my best friends, but this one is the hardest. Melissa and I have literally been through hell together. Seven years is a long time to share a life. From her two car accidents in late 1995 to her being crowned Miss Fallon in 1997 and to and through so many other things that I can't even begin to mention. I've seen her every week for the past 7 years and now she will be gone. 
I feel like a part of me is moving away too. She knows more about me than just about anyone on this planet. She should know so much about me, she was with me when most of it happened. She has almost always been there so lend support or just to show her face, which let me know she was there with me- not just physically, but in spirit as well. I hope that all of you have someone that you can say they have been there when you needed them.

Melissa and I have had our hard times and times when we didn't speak to each other, but we overcame those stupid things and continued our friendship. The funny thing is, we've known each other for a VERY long time. When she first moved to Fallon and we met for the first time, we HATED each other! I was mean to her and she used to pinch me.. Hey give us a break, she was only eight years old and I was only 10 years old at the time. But after some time apart, we grew to like each other -- well, at least, we TOLERATED each other... Then we became friends. I never would have guessed that she and I would have the connection that we do. We have almost nothing in common to unite us as friends, just the love of God and the love of music. Who knew that those two things could create an inseperable bond between two people.

Now, I know that it sounds like there was more to our relationship than "just friends", but that's all it was. She's the only friend like that whom I haven't developed feelings for. I love Melissa more than any other girl in my life, but just not like that. She has been and always will be my friend, nothing more. I used to be concerned with how other people saw our relationship. I used to worry that people would think that I liked her and we were dating, and for a time, people did think we were dating. But I don't care what people think anymore. Melissa and I know the truth and the only people that matter know the truth. She has been and always will be my friend, nothing more.

I hope everyone out there has a friend like Melissa. Someone that means more to you than anything else in the world. Saying goodbye was the hardest thing I have ever had to do. I know that she'll be back to visit from time to time and I'll even go across the country to visit her from time to time, but things just won't be the same. It's times like these that I have to keep reminding myself that change is a good thing.