Hey ladies!

First let me begin by saying that I love you. From the time I was a little girl, I had always wanted a close group of girlfriends. Growing up in a household full of boys with urine stains on the bathroom wall next to the toilet was always a great way to start my morning before kindergarten.

I needed to let you know that you have all shaped me into the woman I am today. Physically as we trudge up the mountains of Morgantown, emotionally as you saw my weakest point relapsing on the bathroom floor and mentally as we sat together and cried because you didn’t know after five years if he was the one you needed to be with. There wasn’t a moment that I didn’t believe I could count on you for your endless support, laughter, bad advice, late night cuddles and pillow talk.

I see that many of us are in relationships as our college years progress and I wanted to say how thankful I am that we are able to find a significant other to cherish unforgettable memories with.

But I thought I should tell you that you are and will forever be my rock. My future husband will never be able to compare to you ladies. No, not because he isn’t “good enough” or worthy of my time, but you will always see me in a different light and with that, I thank you.

As we grow older and finish out our college years, there is something I need to share with you before time slips from our hands-- don’t ever forget where you came from and the women who have helped you along the way.

Your boyfriend will never feel your pain as you go into the gynecologist and get pried apart like a thanksgiving turkey or be able to understand you as you bawl because of your period cramps or even sense the frustration as you fall down a flight of stairs and break your heel in front of everyone.

But your girlfriends will. From Turkey Hill ice cream runs to screaming “Love on Top” at the top of our lungs in our underwear, those little moments with forever be something only us best girl friends will understand.

So before I go, I will leave you with this, when reality sinks in when we stop chugging boxed wine, begging our parents for laundry money and Twitter stalking our latest love interest, think on these things.

And as the cliche saying goes,“maybe we can be each other’s soul mates and then we can let men be just these great, nice guys to have fun with," Carrie Bradshaw.