6 months.

It has been nearly 6 months since I last saw three of my best friends.

At the beginning of my senior year in high school, I never imagined I would make three girls that would change my life. I instantly became the best of friends with the three exchange students at my school. If we weren't physically together, you can bet that we were almost always talking.

I saw them at their worst, and their best. We shared songs, jokes, smiles, and tears. They changed my life at school. They changed my outlook on the world. They changed me.

At the end of the school year, I had to say goodbye to three of the best people I have ever met. Sad is an understatement of how I felt watching their cars drive away. I don't think I have ever cried so hard in my life. The feeling of seeing your best friends nearly every day, to not knowing when you will see them again is the most heartbreaking thing.

Italy. Georgia. Denmark. Three countries that will never just be countries to me anymore. They are the homes of my best friends. How could three girls, from three different countries change my life in a matter of months?

I find myself reminiscing on photos with them often. It is an unusual feeling to talk about time zones and set up Facetime calls in advance because they could be a day ahead of you. Yet, we still manage to make it work. I am thankful to get to talk to them nearly every day, or every few days. There are plans in the works to see them eventually. Although they are thousands of miles away, I still manage to get update texts or rants about things happening in their lives.

Life without you three sucks. I constantly wish that you would be here to share these experiences with me. Yes, you are just a phone call away. But, you are so far when I need an ice cream run or a girls night.

I miss being serenaded to every song on the radio. I miss the sweet smiles always welcoming me. I miss the sarcastic comments and comebacks. I miss you three.

No one could ever compare to my three best friends that live overseas. I still talk about them to all my new friends, wishing that they would have the chance to meet one day.

For the three who have the biggest hearts, you have not been forgotten. I miss you each every day, and I long for the future times we will spend visiting each other.

Thank you for being my people, thank you for choosing to be an exchange student in America. I am so grateful to have met you, and I miss you each every day.

I love you forever.