Dear friend,

Well first of all I can’t believe that this time is here. Time for us to leave the place we've grown up in and the people we've grown up with. I've been watching the pile of dorm stuff get bigger in my living room and realizing what this all means. I’m sure we’re all really excited and ready that we get to live somewhere new, away from our parents, start a new chapter in life, make some new/different friends. But I think that a part of us will be sad to leave the friends we've had for all these years.

It's weird thinking about how we cant call each other to go get coffee or to come over and hangout or come spend the night or have a last minute bonfire and we’ll see each other in just a few minutes. It’s not that I'm not excited to make new friends because I am. But I'm not ready to leave everything we have done in our hometown.

There’s a comfort in knowing that when we come home for Thanksgiving or for Christmas, it’ll be like it was before we left, except we’ll have new stories to tell and it will only be for a short time. I mean granted now a days its easy to see what each other is up to with Snapchat, Twitter, Instagram, or maybe even Facebook, without even talking for a little bit at a time. But it’s hard to say, “I’ll see you in a few months," when we’re used to seeing each other everyday, or hanging out every weekend. We’ve been talking this whole summer about our countdowns till move in day, and then our roommates and if we think they're normal, what we plan to do on campus, and our schedules. But we never talked about being miles apart. About leaving the mile by a mile town we grew to know and sometimes love. How do you really prepare for that?

To my friends that left home I hope that I can come visit you for a weekend and go to parties with you and make more memories with you. To my friends that are staying home for now, I hope that you come visit me or go visit our other friends and that you hold it down for us while were away.

But to all of you, thank you for always being there for me when I needed someone to give me advice, or listen to me vent, or just someone to hangout with. I hope that we continue being there for each other no matter the distance. Thank you for giving me memories I can tell my college friends about. Just know that no matter if we talk everyday, once in a while or not until were home on break. You guys will always be with me and hold a place no one else can. You taught me what real friendship was and how to support each other through hard times and how to make the good times even better. To think that this is only the beginning of our lives is crazy and to hope we all still keep in touch is crazier, but I hope we do.

I love you guys and already miss you!

Love,

Your friend :)