To My High School Best Friends
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To My High School Best Friends

We just didn't know, but now we do.

Haleigh Dutton
Nov 19, 2017
Troy University
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To My High School Best Friends
Haleigh Dutton

Dear high school best friends,

First of all, I miss you. When we were in high school, all living within 30 minutes of each other, I never thought about how sad it would be being apart. Now, looking at my "find my friends app," and seeing the hundreds of miles that separate all of us, I miss you. I miss going to events together, having all of you there whenever I texted or called, or even just seeing all of you at school every day. I may not have told you enough when we were always around, but you were one of the best parts of my high school experience. Without you, I don't know what I would have done.

Second, I miss you, but I am so happy for all of you. Texting, catching up, and seeing all the pictures, I know we are all where we are supposed to be. I am not only happy, but I am proud to know my best friends are having fun but still succeeding and doing so many new things that we would have never dreamt of doing a year ago. A year ago we didn't even know where we would be now, or what we would be doing, but look at us now. We are all thriving and surviving, living our best lives.

Thirdly, thank you. Thank you for always being my go-to people. Thank you for blowing up my phone with our group chat, which seemed like a curse at the time but I miss it. Thank you for, despite the miles, always being a text or a call away. Thank you for making high school a time that I wish I could go back to and cherish a little longer and a little harder. Thank you for being the friends I can vent to, cry to, laugh with, and be myself around. Without you, I wouldn't be the person I am today, so, thank you.

Lastly, I'm sorry I took it all for granted.

At the time, we didn't know how the transition from high school to college worked. We didn't know some nights we would be up until 3 am doing one math problem, or that some days we wouldn't talk to anyone because we would be to stress about the 6 tests we have this week. We didn't know that we wouldn't even have time for dinners together on the weekends or hour-long phone calls because we would be too busy with our new school and new people. We didn't know it may take a 3-week long break for us to all be able to get together. We just didn't know, but now we do.

Thank you for making high school some of the best years of my life. I miss you and I am proud of who you have become!

Love,

A best friend from high school

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