I hope you know much I appreciate you. I hope you know how thankful I am for the time we have spent together, and for the unwavering power and beauty of our friendship. I hope I have shown you enough how much my life has been bettered with you in it, but I know no matter how much I say it, I could never properly express all of my love and gratitude.

To the friend who is leaving me, this not abandonment, no matter how pained I may feel. This is simply a shift in our dynamic and one we will get over. We are strong.

You aren't doing this out of malice, you are simply a dear friend who has managed to know yourself before I know my own goals. And that's something I'm proud of you for.

Something I admire about you. I am still here in school figuring out my life, but you, my dear friend, are about to start yours. I am ready to be here on the sidelines, cheering you on as you achieve all of your goals. I am so proud of you.

My friend, I adore you. I know you, you have always been glad to help me achieve what I dream of. Always been glad to encourage me in so many new ways every day.

I hope will always try your best to teach me a piece of these new experiences you are going to have, as you continue to expand upon and put into action all that you have been studying.

Dear friend, I am heartbroken, but I forgive you for leaving me.

Your goals and aspirations are so important, and as I said earlier, this is not abandonment, simply a shift. I will be hurt that you left me, but one day I will graduate and leave too. I will never attack you for your leaving, I will always be proud of you.

I will always be excited to see what your next steps in life contain, beyond the confines of our limited university experiences.

I will never misunderstand why you have left me. You have so much to achieve out there and I know you will do it all. I will always appreciate you.

I may be hurt immensely now, but I will never and can never justify my hurt too much, because I know that you, along with everyone else who may graduate before me, will be able to have immensely powerful careers.

I know you are going to achieve powerful things. While you are leaving me very soon, and while our paths may separate starting this weekend, and while your leaving may hurt me like a dagger in the heart, I will still be proud of you.

Your life is about to reach heights that were almost unfathomable before. You are going to soar.

I will never in my life doubt you. Because of your determination and experience, because you believe in me even more than I have ever believed in myself, I will also try to never in my life doubt myself. Because of your grace, and because of your kindness and beauty, I will never ever misunderstand my own value.

In learning so much about you during our friendship, you have taught me so much about my own self.

Dear friend that is graduating without me, I love you. I adore you. I will never in my life want to be apart from you.

I am so glad you and I have had this connection, I am so glad we have managed to bond, and I am so grateful you have always been so kind. Your heart is full of so much love for every person in your life.

I am still hurt you have left me, but the moment I see you begin your new life that hurt will fade.

I forgive you. I will always forgive you. You have made my life so much more wonderful in your grand acts of love than you could ever hurt it through graduating. I will never hold anything against you. I love you for all that you are. I could never be upset with you over this.

Thank you, friend, for being in my corner all these years. I am so excited to spend the rest of my life returning the favor by being in yours. This is nowhere near the end of our beautiful friendship, no, this is only our beginning.