To my now long distance best friend,

Remember when we were two blocks away from each other and contacting each other wasn’t an issue? Remember when even the simplest things didn’t seem so complicated? Like finding a time to FaceTime each other to catch up. Despite all that, remember this: you’re still my best friend.

I’ve only been through a year of college but I’ve come to understand how hard everything can be. The whole people grow apart crap isn’t just crap, it really does happen and I’ve experienced it. However, today, I can proudly say that with you, that this hasn’t happened. And no, I’m not mad that we haven’t had a real conversation with each other since March, I’m just disappointed, but not in you. I’m disappointed in life for being so damn distracting. I know that we’re both distracted by so many important things in college and that's so necessary right now. And sure, we know we wouldn’t be able to talk every day, but neither of us thought it would be so difficult.

We never went to the same elementary school, middle school, or high school. We may have had drama, but we never had the typical in school drama, which I really loved. I loved how I could come to you with so much of my petty high school drama and you were always by my side, and I’m not saying that you aren’t anymore, because you so are. Since we survived going to different high schools, we thought college would be a breeze right? Well, at least I did, but the difference is, we can’t run down the block to each other when we’ve had a bad day or take a walk with each other when we feel as if our parents just don’t understand us. And honestly, that hurts more than I ever expected it to. And I know it just hurts because of how much I care but still, I didn’t expect it to be like this.

And please, don’t think I’m mad at you or blame you for how the distance has affected our friendship, if anything, I couldn’t be more proud of you. You’re off doing your own thing at college and meeting some fantastic people, and so am I, so I understand how busy we both are. Even if I end up seeing what’s going on in your life through Snapchat or Facebook, I know it’ll be a story for you to tell me later. Sure, we aren’t living “the experience of our lives” together, but sometimes I like to pretend you’re there laughing with me. I know you’re having an amazing time at college and the last thing I would want is for you to be unhappy, so please, continue living blissfully through your college years, and don’t worry, I’ll still be here when you get back.

Even though our friendship isn’t completely “long distance,” it’s close enough. I know we’re going to be back together again in less than a month and it will be glorious. But then, I remember that after those four months, the cycle goes all over again and life goes back to being three thousand times more distracting than it used to be. I know this letter may seem like the distance may be harder for me than it is for you, but please know, I’m still happy and excited to tell you all about college, even the bad and embarrassing stuff.

And in the end of it all, you’re still going to be my person. And who knows, say ten years from now, we are more than just a state away, maybe even across the country. But if that does happen, I know we’ll be fine. We’ve made it through this year, who says our friendships can’t handle a lifetime? We both know our lack of communication with each other is truly nothing personal and that even if we go two months without talking, we can reconnect with each other as if no time at all has passed, which I think is pretty rare. You may be in a different state right now, but thank you for always being my best friend. Thank you for sticking around with me through all my so called tragedies since I was age two, and here’s to a billion more tragedies that I can turn to you as the years go on. I love you and you’ll always matter.

Much love and best of luck during the end of your semester,

Your 161 miles away best friend