Dear Best Friend,

Upon Summer commencing, we have a lot of figuring out to do. Eight months ago, we were thrown into the college life and had to learn to adjust to a new place with all new people. You have been my person for as long as I can remember, my go-to with anything and everything in my life. Then all of a sudden you were not with me anymore.

It was difficult being apart from you. The first few weeks of college went by and we were still updating each other on every part of our days. "What did you have for breakfast?" "What time do you have class?" "You will not believe what happened to me in the cafe earlier." Although we tried to keep up with each other's new lives, it was almost too difficult to explain things and we started to leave things out. As I made friends at my school and you made friends at yours, our conversations started to minimize. What we once thought was going to be forever difficult, somehow got easier and easier until we finally just settled into the college life.

That is not to say we stopped missing each other, because we both know that is not true. Yet, we did what we had to do. We found people to eat breakfast with and to study late at night with and to binge on pizza and ice cream with because you were not here and I was not there.

Eight months have gone by so quickly, and just as fast as we were thrown into the college life, we are being thrown out of it. In just a couple of short weeks, we will both be home and things will be back to normal in our small town, except for the fact that we will not be coming back the same people we were when we left last August.

We were forced to grow up. We were forced to adapt. We were forced to become independent and make decisions and create new lives for ourselves. I hope that when we do see each other, we will be patient with one another. We have so much to catch up on and it will take some time. I hope we adjust to each other's new selves. It was inevitable that we changed, but I know we are still the same people at heart. And finally, I hope that we make the most out of this summer. Four months home cannot make up for eight months apart, but we sure can try.

Well best friend, we made it through the first year, which they say is always the hardest. Thanks for continuing to be my person over 1,200 miles away. I love you and I miss you, and I cannot wait to give you a big hug when I see you in just a few weeks.

With Love,

Your Best Friend