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Your Family Away From Home

Callan Ashe Taylor
Oct 17, 2016
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These past couple of weeks have been pretty tough on my friends and I. It's seems as though a new disaster presents it's self each week and we have to tackle the problem, no matter how big or small it may seem, together. In college friends are your family away from home. They help you get through the mental break downs, the stressful nights, and the breakups. You know that they are there for you and you would do anything for them in return.

Friends keep you sane. They remind you how to have fun and push you to do your best. They help you study, or mostly just talk, and remind you that everything is going to be OK. There is no way I would be able to make it through college without my friends. I mean yes, my mom is always a call or FaceTime away, but it's just not the same. Friends are right there to give you that hug you need, the shoulder to cry on, or just give you those words of advice you don't want to hear but need to.

Friends make everything better. They make that hour car ride seem like a few minutes or they help you construct a blanket fort at midnight for no reason. They make you laugh till you cry and will love you at your best... and worst. I can't go a day without telling my besties about the gossip that just went down at home, showing them a random object that reminded me of them, or just asking for some advice.

My friends are the best, they really are. They put up with my weird, awkward, and hot mess self. They are there to grab my book bag for class when I'm running late, go on that zip lining adventure with me, or just listen to me talk about my random problems. My friends are my family away from home and I don't know how I would make it through college without them. I love you guys!


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