As each of our years come to a close, we have to say goodbye to some important people. Whether you are a freshman seeing your friends transfer or graduate, or a senior saying goodbye to your college life, we have some saying goodbye to do. In some cases, this can be permanent, in others, it’s only for a few months. Either way, we are stuck changing everything around, and going home.

No one said this would be easy, and trust me, I will be shedding a few tears. Seeing everyone off, we have grown so much! This has been a crazy journey full of stress, laughs, and a baby! This year is something I would not trade for the world. Although it has been a lot of fun all good stories must come to an end. Many of my friends are leaving, and who knows, maybe I’ll be leaving too. No one knows what will happen of the future. While many people will go into this summer break saying, “see you next year” many cannot hold up this promise.

I love my friends. The people I have grown close to and I know, it’s going to be so hard saying goodbye. While I am sure many of them will return, who knows what this summer may hold?

To my friends:

Thank you. For being there. For making me laugh. For making me scream song lyrics so loud that I lose my voice. Thank you for being silly, and leaving me little notes every time you leave. Thank you for helping me with homework, planning our lives, and growing into the people we want to be. When I look through our pictures of being silly, spending too much money on fast food, and being young and careless, I know that this has been a great year.

After finals, everyone will go their separate ways, and that may mean that our paths will not join again. I know that regardless of what any of us do, this has been a great year. I am glad that I was able to spend it with you. I know that we will be friends for many years to come.

Thanks for the adventure, now go have another one!