My best friend in college is graduating in May and I still have two years left. It seems like it was yesterday when we met. We were taking our trash out together and she started talking and asking me questions. I thought she was the sweetest person I had ever met. Her noble spirit made me feel good and there was never an awkward moment when we talked. The day I met her I told she could come to hang out in my room whenever she wanted with me and my roommate. As a freshman student who wants to meet new people, I got excited every time I heard someone knocking at my door. I did not know what was about to happen in the following days and months.

My new friend came knocking at my door the very next day and we were all hanging out. My roommate and I happened to have the biggest room on the hall so it was just a matter of time before the girls came over and hung out, did homework, did their nails, or just talked until 3am! It started out as something fun do to, and it turned into almost a tradition.

My best friend’s name is Kelsey - Kelsey Shoot. She is loved by everybody and she is just so dedicated to make people feel loved and important. She knows how to make you feel better and is very observant to your needs. It’s impossible to not meet new people when hanging out with Kelsey. I always tell her that she knows everybody on campus, to which she replies, “Oh no, I do not!”

A knock on the door was the first step of our friendship. It’s been almost two years since that first knock, and it’s always a joy to hear a knock on my door, only to open it and see her with her laptop, books, and her sweet and beautiful smile. I think it’s safe to say that we complement each other really well and we can do homework without distracting each other, and some other times we can talk for hours and not get bored.

Now that we are four weeks away from graduation, it’s like this feeling of being separated from my best friend is too much to bear. Sometimes one of us says something about it, and then the other one would say, “Let’s not talk about it.” But it’s something that is going to happen eventually, and neither of us can do anything to stop it. It’s her time to start another phase of her life and be great and shine there too. While my time in college has not finished yet.

She leaves us to start a new life as a professional, but she leaves behind countless memories that are impossible to forget. In my case, I not only have a lot of memories with her, but also a lot of lessons that she taught me throughout these two years. Some of them she taught me directly, and some of them indirectly.

Words cannot describe how much I am going to miss her and our silent and sometimes loud adventures. I just hope to be that friend that I found in my first year of college to someone else, too!

Te quiero, amiga!