Addis Yeshi Gezahegn

Dear Addis,
         I love you so much. :) That's the first thing I want to say to you, no matter what happens, haha, so I guess I should put that here as well. The first memory that I ever remember having with you is in third grade, when I sat at your table, along with Macie Anderson and Hayden [I don't remember his last name?]. I remember once, you were laughing and talking loudly, and Mrs. Rutter thought it was me, so she marked my card. ): I was immensely saddened by that. :)
The second thing I remember is that on Christmas that year, you gave me a locket. You said that your mom had told you to buy it and that it wasn't even very expensive, but it meant the world to me. I think I told you in 6th or 7th grade that I still had it, and I remember you saying, "What? You still have it?" as if it didn't mean much. I don't think you'll ever know how much that necklace means to me. :) I STILL have it! [Although, the chain broke and the locket itself is rusting but I keep it on my night drawer] That was the first Christmas present I had ever received from a friend, and to me, it is the most precious.

Every time we went out to eat or something, you always ended up paying for me. To this day, I still don't know how to repay you. If it's just money, I'd work until I saved up enough, but it's not. It's about compassion and sacrifice, and where in the world would I come up with enough of that to express to you just how grateful I am for all those times? I think it's cliche how so many people say, "I wouldn't be the person that I am without you", but for this situation, it must be used u___u For it's true; I wouldn't be me without you. It's scary for me to really sit back and think about the amount of impact that some people have had on my life, but it's even harder to think about my relationship with you. I feel like we can have distance, but that our friendship will never fade.

Addis, I love your laugh. And I love your smile, and that little head bob + bite lip thing that you do whenever you're excited or you know the answer :) I think that I get pissed around you a lot, which isn't your fault at all, it's mine. I think you know that with my mom, I get pissed really easily, but deep down, I know it's because I know I can be, and she'll still be there. It's bad to take people for granted like that, but for some reason, I can't control it. I feel like I act that way towards you. I get pissed easily for silly things, but the minute I see you do your little Addis moves, I feel like I can't ever be pissed. I'm sorry that things happen so extremely, that we either are MAJORLY best friends or we're best friends on vacation, haha. :) It's okay though, because I'd rather have it that way than not be best friends at all.

Sometimes, I'm jealous of you. In the beginning, I was always scared that when people saw how amazing you were, how funny, how sweet, how cool you were, they'd leave me and hang out with you instead. But deep down, I was just always scared of you realizing that you're too amazing to be with me, and you'd leave me behind. You're so open to new experiences and I feel like even if I was super daring, I'd never be able to keep up. You're this beautiful free spirit and I can't even believe that we've been friends, let alone BEST FRIENDS, for so long! You're going to go so far, Addis. I don't even know what or where you're going to work, but I know that you're going to make it big and I'm going to be so happy for you :) You're like a tornado of beautiful in a world that's never seen beauty before. Just show them and see what happens! (:

Well, I think I've taken up enough room on here. :)
I love you so much.
Always best friends,
Tammy.