To all the friends I've loved before,

I still love you. Even though we're far away, in different life stages, and haven't talked in however many years, I still love you.

You have shaped me in more ways than you will ever know. I can only hope that I have helped you in a small fraction of the way you've helped me.

I've lived in three places my whole life, which means three different groups of friends. Each of them equally important to me, but for different reasons.

Growing up my friends in elementary and middle school helped me navigate the world around and helped me learn how to be a good friend. They showed me how to count on people, how to be dependable for others, and how to care for someone outside of my family.

When I moved right before high school I was deathly afraid of being a loner throughout high school and being stuck without people to talk to. My friends in high school took me under their wing and I am forever grateful to them. Some of us had falling outs and while it was rough at the time, I want you to know I still love you and are here for you for anything you need.

Now my college friends are different, I've only known them for 4 months now but I couldn't imagine life without them. We're embarking on this scary thing called adulthood (I don't know if you've heard of it) together and it'ts gonna be a rough ride, but it will be well worth it in the end.

I want to finish this off by saying I have a lot of love to give and I'm not afraid to show it. I have said I love you too so many people I couldn't even calculate it with the help of a math major I probably said it to just for offering to help. However, it doesn't make the love for my friends any less real or meaningful, it just means that if you're reading this and you've ever known me, this is for you.