We are one semester in to our first year of college, and boy, did it fly by. Whether it’s homework, clubs, class, or work, college is full of so many things that it seems like we’re always so busy. It’s been really easy for us to go days without actually talking, and it sucks to admit, but that has become a normal thing. It’s normal because we all have our own things going on.

The good thing is that no matter how long we go without talking to each other, I know we can pick up right where we left off. We all went different directions the summer after we walked across that stage, and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t scared for what might happen to our relationships when that final summer ended. People always say they don’t talk to any of their friends from high school, so I thought for sure that’s what was going to happen to us. I am sorry I ever thought this. I never really questioned our friendship, rather the ability we had to keep it being so far apart, beginning our new lives.

I guess it really is true what they say about finding who your true friends are, and I love that mine are you guys. Of course we have all made new friends; it would be crazy if we hadn’t. But this doesn’t mean they replace you. Nobody can ever replace you, and I never want you to forget that. No distance can break the love I have for you guys; I don’t want you to forget that either. I live for the days that we are all home at the same time because being so far away for so long makes the reunion so much better. Nothing will ever replace the memories, the laughs, the pictures, and the friendships that we share. I know I’m not always around to say this, but I hope you become all you dreamed of; you deserve the world and more. Although when you we finish this next four-year journey we won’t be walking across that stage together, I will be there to cheer you on. You have helped me grow into the girl I am today, and for that I will always be thankful.

I thank God every day that I have friends like you to call my best friends.