There is no doubt in my mind that I met my lifelong best friends in high school. Of course I’ll make plenty of lifelong “besties” in college, but they won’t be the same as the girls from high school. The girls I met are the most beautiful, caring, loving, and entertaining girls I have ever met before. They always keep me laughing and have been there no matter what. The only thing that sucks: I didn’t meet them until I had less than a year left until moving in to college.
Almost everyone in high school has heard that you meet the best people your senior year. You may think you have the most amazing people in your life right now, but you just wait. I thought I had the perfect friends and that no one could ever replace them. I was so incredibly wrong. My best friends now are the sweetest girls I have ever met. When I first met them, I thought there was no way we’d become best friends. However, we became the closest of friends within just a couple of months. I have never been more grateful for anyone other than these girls.
I’m certainly not saying that you will drop all of your old high school friends during senior year, but you will meet people that will change your life. People are so much more amazing than you can even fathom right now. You may think that it won’t happen to you, but it will. It happens to everyone. It sucks pretty bad. You become so close to people senior year. Then before you know it, you all go your separate ways. You’ll wish you could pack them in your car on the way to your dorm, but you unfortunately cannot.
My advice to high school seniors is to not take anyone for granted. Every moment you get to spend with the lifelong fiends should be cherished. I was greedy. I didn’t take advantage of every moment. I regret not appreciating every moment spent with such wonderful friends. I’m super happy that I was introduced to these people and that I was able to spend my last year of high school with them by my side. However, I should have appreciated them way more than I did. Do not be me this upcoming year.
My advice to college freshmen is to keep in contact with those friends. You have such wonderful people in your life and you should keep them around. Don’t let them slip away just because you cannot be with them anymore. Make lifelong friends this next year, but invite your old friends to hang out too. It is actually okay for your old friend group and new friend group to clash… So merge the two and have a big old bundle of friendship to enjoy for years and years to come.
So now that I am off to college in a couple days, I am now realizing that the saying is true. I did meet the most amazing people my senior year. I took them for granted this past year because I assumed we’d always be together. Then reality set in and I now know that I have to make new friends this Fall. Yet, I know that I have phenomenal girls waiting for me back home, and I already can’t wait for the summer adventures we’ll have in 2016.
My best friends from home will forever be there for me and I am so incredibly blessed to have them in my life. Shout out to you guys for keeping me sane when I was absolutely losing it. Lastly, thanks for being the Buzz Lightyear to my Woody: we may be completely different people, but we will always be the best of friends, no matter what.
