Best Friend Forever for Life for Realsies.

This is Brooke.

YOU JUST HAVE TO GIVE HER A TRY.

YOU'LL LIKE HER.

Because she sings like an angel.

She can't wake up in the morning.

She loves Cheez-Its.

She eats like a fifth grader.

She makes all of the beautiful things.

And she is all of the beautiful things:

earnest

kind

hilarious

true

driven

smart

I love her

for going on adventures with me,

for introducing me to Jimmy Fallon,

for watching 

all the Hilary Duff movies

with me,

for always being willing to split

a Little Caesars pizza.

I'm so grateful

that I woke up this year

on New Year's Day

and heard her singing all the words

to "Beauty and the Beat"

while she cleaned the kitchen.

I'm so grateful

for the time

I walked in the side door

and she was sitting on the couch

and she just started talking.

I'm so grateful

for a summer full

of Monday night church activities

when Brooke took turns

sitting in the back seat of the car.

When it comes down to it,

we don't have that much in common,

except loving each other.

Whatever she does,

I want to be standing somewhere on the side,

just so proud.