Dear Squad/Crew/[Insert Inappropriate Chat Group Name Here],

I want to start out by saying that I love you a lot. I don’t call as much, I don’t text as much, and I never get time to reblog your posts on Tumblr. I do still love you and I’m still not over the fact that I can’t see you every day.

I’ve made new friends in college that I know you would love (and some that are pretty darn questionable). I’ve told them all about you and the stupid things we did and said. I showed them all the YouTube videos you sent me and the awkward selfies you took on my phone. If you knew how many times your name came up in my daily conversations you wouldn’t doubt how much I missed you and your weird 1 a.m. text messages that mostly consisted of emojis.

I'm actually surprised that you guys haven't sent this one yet.

We grew up together and tackled puberty, boys, and Trigonometry. Now I’m taking on a whole new set of problems/opportunities. With you so far away, the friends on my hall and my RA often feel like the only ones who fully understand what I’m going through. I spent the last days of my childhood with you but when adulthood came knocking, you physically could not be there. That’s okay.

I want you to know that I’m not ditching you for my new college friends. No matter how long we go without talking to each other, please remember how much we went through. I’m not about to just forget that or our plans to travel the world and start an alternative hipster band if college doesn’t work out for us.

The squad will live on.

I promise to text you more and endeavor to spend more time with you when I’m at home. I will delve into the deep dark pit of Tumblr to find the light of your last post and press that reblog button with a vengeance. I’ll try to update you on my life and stay updated on yours because I really do care about you.

College will change us but it doesn’t have to tear us apart. Besides, you’re not getting rid of me that easily.

Oh yeah, I'll be around for a while.