To My Best Friends Miles Away,
I miss the road trips, the lunch dates, I miss seeing your faces literally every single day. I miss the sharing clothes, I miss the most comfortable shoulders to cry on. I miss the country concerts, the beach trips. I miss the ridiculous amount of pointless drama, but most importantly, I miss you guys.
Everyone always says you find your lifelong friends in college, and I believe that I truly do. However, I also believe that you meet some of the most important people in your life in your high school years. Everyone has their group, where they fit in—their niche. This is your group of people you have spent that past 13 years of your life with. They are the people who have been there through your whole childhood. These are the people you will always remember.
You guys have saved me. You have helped me when I have been down, and you have cheered me on when I have reached success. You have supported me through every family fight. You have congratulated me on every college acceptance. You have yelled at me when I was acting less than sane, and you have screamed my name from the audience when I was doing what I loved. You people know more about me then I know myself, and that is why you better always be sticking around.
As annoying as group chats are, whenever ours rings, I catch myself looking quick to open it. I get excited hearing about all of your lives, seeing what sororities you get bids from and seeing what boys you're kissing this week. I'm so happy for you that you're out there exploring this world, with other people and new friends, sharing new experiences and nights out. I love it. But I still get jealous I'm not with you. A bunch of little things remind me of you, I show my friends here pictures of you, and it almost always ends with me giving a solid summary of your life. I laugh to myself when I think about that one summer night, or that one bonfire when the cops came or that one time I was "running away" from home and you came to pick me up and take me on a picnic. I miss it all and I miss you.
So as I sit here and count down the days left till I can run back into your arms in that little hometown we swore we hated, I want to thank you. Thank you not only for being my best friends, but for being my forever people. You have changed me and given me all the advice that has led me to where I am now. You have shown me what true friends should be and what they are.
I guess really what I just wanted to say is, I could never forget you guys. There will always be a special place in my heart for you people. A day will never pass where I don't think about you guys, and look back on all the memories we share. Just like you have been there for all my milestones thus far, I have faith you will be there forever more. We are all miles apart and yet I still never feel too far from home when we talk. I miss you always.
xoxo
- Me
