I would hope that all of you who read this have had the pleasure of having a best friend at some point in their life. No matter what stage of life you are in. Starting at the pre-school age, all the way to now, in college, I can point to someone who was the closest thing I had to another sibling. For some people this might be one person through all those years, a childhood best friend turned adult best friend. For others, it might be a few different best friends along life's journey, with some being lost for various reasons.

For me, it has been the latter of those two scenarios. School changes and a move were responsible for the loss of my childhood best friends. However, getting to high school, I found friends that I never plan to lose touch with, even with the distance between us that college has brought. College has also brought me a best friend as well, who is completely different from the previous ones I have had.

Our pre-school best friends were made immediately, simply because they came up and played with you. All of a sudden you were inseparable. Learning and growing together, but as we grow older sometimes things change, and people fall off.

Our grade school best friends normally come from having a similar interest, and something that we could bond over. This is still a time in our lives where bigger problems haven't been realized yet, and the connection, while great, is nowhere near as deep as our high school best friends.

Finding those best friends in high school is one of the best parts, because it feels like you have found your people, and that you belong. Something that is very important to us in that time of our lives. These friends are on a much deeper connection, as we start to realize things about ourselves, and suddenly there is much more to talk about on a deeper level. Suddenly a best friend becomes much more than someone you hang out with, they become the shoulder you cry on, the person who knows you biggest fears, and the one who you go to with the biggest problems life throws at you.

College becomes a whole new ball game. While college is some of the most fun you have ever had, it also seems that this is a time where you have no idea what is going on. This, of course, causes you to be stressed out of your mind sometimes, and to make it better, we need that person to lean on. Being that you live so close to each other in college, your best friend there might be the closest bond you have ever formed with someone. It's a bond that is so important if we are to survive those four years, and we'll have the time of our lives doing it.

Now, this in no way means we forget about the past best friends, but we all know how difficult it is to comfort someone who is talking to you over the phone or even through text, our college best friends just have the advantage of being there in person. Some of us are lucky enough to have had the same person through most or all of these stages, but no matter what, if you find someone who you have made this connection with, try your best to never let them go. They don't come around very often.