“You're in a long distance relationship? What’s the point of that?” This is basically every response I get from anyone when they ask where my boyfriend is. I’m writing this article to give hope to those high school sweethearts starting college or those moving away or joining the military. A long distance relationship can work and for a lot of cases, it does if you are in a healthy and strong relationship built off of trust, love, and honesty. Those are the keys to making it work and getting it to last. It of course will not be easy, especially in the beginning, but it will be worth it if that’s the person you love and it’s always worth trying. There will be those nights, many in my case, when you miss that person and just want them in your presence but they won’t be there, so then you're stuck with that late Facetime call when you're both just bawling your eyes out. But then you always have something to look forward to, whether its going on a new adventure to visit them or when they finally come home. It keeps life exciting and the relationship grows with both of you. You will appreciate the time you have with them even more because that may not happen very often, and there will most likely be tears to shed each time you say goodbye and it may never be easy to see them go again, but that’s one thing in life you have to do. You have to know that the things in life that are good and worth your time, will be hard and you have to work at it, but to me it’s worth it. When someone that good walks, or even runs into your life, you don’t just let them slip away, you fight to keep the butterflies alive and you both put time and effort into it. I promise you’ll both be happy.