To the people I spent my whole childhood and high school career with and barely see you anymore this one is for you:
High school was a great time for all of us and I love that I got to spend it and have that experience with you guys. We had such great times wasting time in study halls, causing trouble in science class, spending track practices together, and hanging out every weekend in our free time. The friendship that you guys gave me helped me become the person I am today and learn some very valuable life lessons.
You guys are the ones who I got to see all day every day for most of my teenage years and yet I only rarely would get annoyed with you! Together we got through the struggles of Regents Exams and all of the New York State testing. (I mean what state has that many tests you have to pass to get through high school?) We got to go on so many field trips together that we would just waste time on so we wouldn't have to go back to school early and pretend to act totally interested.
Together we helped each other figure out what we wanted to study in college and helped and encouraged each other to pursue our dreams and become what we want. We encouraged each other to go on to college and always want better for ourselves. We got through the struggles of high school together. Helping each other study, getting through all the drama of high school and keeping it to a minimum, and helping each other choose the right college for us.
When high school came to an end, I honestly thought nothing would change and we would remain extremely close friends forever. But we went away to different colleges and got super busy and met other people and made new friends. We are all so busy during the school year studying and spending time with our friends on campus, and during the summer, we are even busy because we are all working trying to pay off all of the debt we have already accumulated.
But this does not mean you guys aren't important to me anymore. Just because we all have our own separate lives now doesn't mean we aren't still friends, but it does mean we see each other a lot less than we did in high school. Now when we get together it really is fun, because we do it so rarely that it's so great to see everyone again and we get to reminisce about high school. You are still super important to me. You are the ones who were by my side through some of the hardest decisions of my life and I will forever appreciate and love you guys.
