Dear “Squad”,

Thank you for being all that you are, and bringing out the part of me that wants to be all that I can be. You guys are what keeps me afloat on the sea of college drama and classes that I want to drop. You encourage me to do my best in everything that I do, but you also remind me to relax and just chill, because it is healthy for me. You never leave me alone in times of crisis, and you understand my weirdness because you guys are just as weird.

You guys understand my obsessions, and you are always open to my opinion, no matter how stupid it may be. You remind me that relaxation is good, especially when you have so much homework that you cannot function correctly. We share the same views, and that is probably why when we go on rants, we all understand what we are talking about, even if it is just grunts and noises. I would have dropped out semesters ago if I didn’t have you guys here to remind me that college is something that is supposed to be experienced and remembered.

You guys opened my mind to different views and different types of music. In high school, I was probably too closed minded to understand how people who are different from you could become your best friends. However, now, when I hear or see the term “Squad Goals”, I think about how the squad I have is my squad goal. I wouldn’t change anything about our squad.

Yes, we may complain occasionally about how broke we are, and how we don’t really go out together (off campus), but I don’t care. We brave going out to dinner at Raymond hall together (because you know how crowded it can be), and we have braved having a car break down in a place that only one of us knew about. We have been through things together that I can honestly say no one else probably has. Although sometimes we get on each others nerves, and we have lost so many people who used to be in our squad, I wouldn’t change a thing.

Losing all of those people has shown me who is really there for me, and who really cares about my well-being. If I’m not feeling well, you guys are the first to tell me to not get you sick, but you will help me feel better anyway. If I am feeling upset, you guys make me laugh, or let me rant my emotions out, and then you tell me that everything is going to be okay. That is all I want from you guys, I want you to be yourselves because you guys will always be awesome just the way you are.

I trust you guys with my life. 2 years of college, only a year and a half of knowing you guys, and I wouldn’t change any of it. We probably didn’t meet like every other group of best friends did on campus, but it is the way that we all met that makes our relationships special. You guys are my rocks that bring me back to earth when I am feeling like I am floating in a vast atmosphere of emotions. You guys are the comic relief to my occasional monologic life.

Yes, we may have conflicting schedules, that may make it very difficult for us to hang out, but we always make sure that we make some engagements prior to any other people asking so that we always have time to hang out and be ourselves. Because it is a lot more fun to be myself when I am around you guys. I love you guys like my family because you are my family. If we ever grow apart and go our separate ways, just know I am only a text or a phone call away, and that I will be rooting for you from the sidelines, even though you may not be able to see me