To my irreplaceable roomie,
Let me just say: I am so glad you decided to transfer to Ole Miss during the spring semester of our freshman year. I know we didn't start living together until fall of our sophomore year, but it was so nice to have a bestie of over five years attending the same university as me. It's even better now that we are roommates!
Yes, we've been good friends for the last four or five years, but living together has taken our friendship to an entirely different level. On the most basic level, if I wanted to tell you something or hear about your day, I had to call or Facetime you. Now? Your bedroom is right next to mine, so all I have to do is take a few steps, plop down on your bed, and tell you about my day. (Or I'll find you in the kitchen and we somehow end up sitting on the floor talking for an hour.)
But on a deeper level: you have made college so much better for me! Coming into college, I imagined living the cliche sorority girl life, but actually being here proved to me that wasn't the life I thought I wanted, which kind of left me in the dark trying to find my place and make new friends on campus. I know I eventually would've adjusted even if you didn't come to Ole Miss, but having someone I've known for years here with me just made me feel more comfortable. You probably didn't realize it, but you constantly reminded me that my worth was not found in my identity on campus but in my identity in Christ. I'm still not "head over heels" in love with college, but you have definitely changed my perspective to a more positive one (and you have obviously made my life more fun too!) Thank you!
I'm not going to take the time to type out all of the cliche thank you's like thank you for sharing your closet and always making sure our candy bowl is full, but trust me, there's a lot of them. You're quite the rock star, and I'm so blessed to have you as my roommate. I don't know how I'm going to live without seeing you during winter break (seriously, that's like almost seven whole weeks...)
Now do me a favor, don't leave me until we graduate and go back to living in different states again, which I don't even want to think about yet.
Love you forever sweet sister. You're the bestest!
