I want to start out by thanking you, you guys have been there for everything that has come my way since I met you. You've been there to say "What are those?" when I bought some really ugly shoes, and you've been there to tell me everything will be OK when it seems impossible to go on. Thank you for being the beautiful souls you are. Most of you have been here for years and others only one. You decided to get wrapped up in our crazy friend group anyway, you're a brave human. We've been through some really awesome things together.

Thinking we could get away with entering an abandoned house and then getting caught. Thankfully the owners, who saw the walker we used to climb in the window, were very nice about the whole situation.

Spending my birthday rock climbing and pretending to be Pocahontas. Between the Blue Hole, Seneca Caverns, and being stuck in Ohio for hours it was a really great day.

Traveling around New York City walking very slowly and not hiding the fact that we were tourists at all. I don't think my feet have ever hurt as badly as they did on this trip, but it was so worth it.

The many haunted houses where you held my hand while I cried begging them to stop scaring me. I'm not sure what was worse, the haunted house or you telling everyone I cried afterwards.

There are very few people who can put up with my need to constantly document everything through pictures, but you guys do. You help me through anxiety and make me laugh when it strikes anyway. Going away to college has been difficult because I knew I'd never find people like you. Although I've found really great friends here that I'm incredibly thankful for, they'll never be you, and that's a good thing. Thank you for Skype calls and messaging me the first few weeks as I cried in my dorm room begging my parents to come get me. Thank you for helping me move in, and I apologize for the puddles I left on your shoulders.

Most importantly, you have made me who I am today. I wouldn't be the person I am at this exact moment without our crazy adventures, fights, and conversations. I don't regret any moment of time we've had even if they weren't so great because this is us. We're young an naive, and there is no one else I'd rather be stumbling through this journey with.

With love,

Your family