Dear Rachel,

It took me several days to be able to sit down and write this letter to you. I knew everything and nothing I wanted to say all at the same time. You were the first CF friend I ever reached out to. We had such similar, yet drastically different lives. We were both crazy teens who were full of life, had sisters who would do anything for us, and shared an intense love of Harry Potter. We definitely grew up in different ways and had different life experiences. I believe that this is what made our friendship so successful; we complimented each other in such a wonderful way.