Everybody knows the old saying--"Distance makes the heart grow fonder." However, it seems that in our society now no one believes in this piece of advice.

So many people I know have had loved ones move away from them or they have been the ones to make the big move. Many of these people are just starting out their lives--becoming college students, starting their careers, or just venturing out on a new journey that doesn't always coincide with staying in the same place they were to begin with. I can say for myself that I've always had big dreams, and in my small town it's almost impossible to make those dreams come true (or even know what you're dreaming for) unless you travel into the great unknown. However, we form attachments to the people we meet while we're growing up, whether it's with a high-school sweetheart or a summer love. Sometimes, those things are almost too perfect to end.

So why do they have to?

After a major stage in our life ends, we are almost encouraged to become brand new people. I knew so many who had such an amazing chance to love and to be loved, but they ended it because they felt like they were obligated to. Since everything else in life was transforming, didn't our loves lives have to make that transition too? Usually these break-ups are the hardest, and require the most thought put into them. With all the miles and the newness in our lives, with our future right ahead of us, we decide making that simple phone call or taking the time to text out about your day to your significant other is too much of an inconvenience. Our generation has become lazy with love. We want what's here, right now, sitting in front of our faces. And that in turn ruins a lot of chances to make the right kind of love last. I would rather make these changes with someone who knows me inside and out, rather than have to get to know someone all over again.

So yes, I will take the hour long phone conversations and the letters over the convenience. Love is something that requires time, and breaking the test of time and coming out on the other side of it shows more strength than anything else. Even though it's hard to miss someone's physical presence beside you, the emotional connection over the years of building a good foundation make up for all that time lost. The things that are worth it the most won't often be the things that are the easiest to have, but I'm willing to spend the time on it to get the outcome that I have been looking forward to.

Plus, we both get to live out our dreams in the process.