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An Open Letter To My College Family

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Two weeks from now, college will be over. That means four months of long separation. I don’t think I will survive. I'm sure it will call for late night skype dates and daily text messages (most of which will include us telling each other how much we miss one another).

Let’s face it, this year has been anything but easy for all of us. From our first night in the dorms to our first major test we were in it together. I don’t really understand how all of you figured out how to handle my high energy level, but you did. For that? I must thank you.

I have to thank you for coming into my life when I needed you. Thank you for being an anchor when my whole world changed. With college came some rough water, but I knew I always had you to turn to. I will always remember the first few weeks when you helped me adjust. You found ways to distract me when I was really missing home.

I love having people of equal weirdness around. I love that you don’t let me do stupid things alone. You guys are the only people who will spend hours talking to me about even the most pointless things. You help me justify buying something I probably don’t need, and support my decision to Netflix instead working out… and I know you will be right there next to me.

In short? You made college a place I can now call home.

I remember our first really long break, and how excited we all were to go home. It was only a matter of days before I was ready to be back at school. Being back in my hometown just isn’t normal anymore; college is my home, and you guys are my family.

You are why my life is so wonderful now. You're the people who I love to bug, the people I will always come to first when I messed up. I know that even if it’s 3am you will be there to talk when I need it. You guys gave me the stability I needed at points in the year when my world felt like it was falling apart.

Here we are now, at the end of this letter and this year. I can’t express how much I’m going to miss having you right down the hall. How much I'm going to miss having your floor to crash on. We all need this vacation, but somehow, I’ll be homesick.

I'll be missing my dysfunctional college family. My heart has two homes, two families. I know that this is where we promise to skype weekly and text daily, but the odds are good that we'll forget.

That may sound sad, but nothing makes me happier than knowing that when the fall semester rolls around again, we will be right back where we left off.

You guys have changed my life. I love you all.

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