We were strangers once.
And then, somehow, we became the most important people in each other's lives.
We shared laughter that felt endless, secrets that felt sacred, and moments that seemed as if time itself had slowed just for us. We became sisters without blood, twins without resemblance, two halves of something unspoken yet complete.
But life doesn't pause for anyone, not even for the people we care about most. Slowly, quietly, the closeness began to stretch. Pauses grew longer. Words went unsaid. Small cracks appeared where we didn't notice them. And one day, we realized we were no longer the same as we had been.
Not because we stopped caring. Not because love faded. But because life changes people. Because distance, unsaid words, and fear can build invisible walls even between the closest hearts.
And yet, in between all of that between strangers and best friends, between laughter and silence, between closeness and distance there was everything else.
We were not meant to stay the same.
We were meant to meet,
to grow,
to change each other in quiet ways,
and then
to learn how to let go without hate.
Some people are chapters,
not endings.
Some friendships are lessons,
not lifetimes.
And even if we walked away,
a part of us still walks together
in memory.
There was the comfort of being known.
The safety of shared silence.
The joy of inside jokes.
The ache of missing someone who is still there.
The attempts to fix what couldn't be fixed.
The quiet goodbyes that weren't really goodbyes.
The pieces of each other that stayed inside us even as we grew apart.
Everything in between is what made it real. What made it beautiful. What made it matter.
Friendship is not measured by permanence. It is measured by moments. By understanding. By the way two souls can touch each other and leave an imprint that lasts long after the distance has grown.
We may no longer be the same.
We may no longer be inseparable.
We may no longer share the easy laughter of the past.
But the journey every step from strangers to best friends, and even back again is something I will carry forever.
Because some connections, even when they end, never truly leave. They live in memory, in heart, in everything in between.
And that is enough.
Not all friendships are meant to last forever, but some are meant to change us forever.