Dear Friend,

I am writing this knowing you are on a plane to Tanzania right now and I won't have contact with you until May. Well, I will have contact with you, but I won't physically see you. I just want you to know how much I will miss you these next few months without you by my side. You have always been the friend that always listens to my problems and a friend who supports me through thick and thin. I am going to have the urge to text you knowing you might not receive it. I hope to send you many letters throughout these next few months because I have a feeling that I will miss you way too much. We have always had fun times together since middle school and I hope to make more memories with you as we get older. I always call you Moon and you always call me Sun because we shine at different times of the day. But, I think it is more than that. I think you are always with me when I need you like the Sun needs the Moon to rotate and start a new day on Earth. I know I am bad with words so I will say that words cannot describe how much I will miss you these next few months. I'm sorry we don't hang out as much because we are away at school being studious (and procrastinating) as usual. But, I cherish those memories where we meet up on break, drink coffee and go on fun adventures. I always want you to know that I love you and you mean so much to me. I couldn't imagine my life without you and without all the memories we made together since middle school. Well, before I get too emotional (because you know I already am), I will let you go adventure in Africa and study animals. Because I know it is your passion and you deserve this once in a lifetime opportunity. I hope to see you shine bright at night in the sky and whenever the Moon shines, I will always think of you. I hope when the Sun shines every morning, you think of me and all the fun memories we had growing up. I love you friend. Be safe and don't get eaten by lions.

Love Always and Forever,

The Sun