I don’t really remember life without them.
I don’t remember not sharing clothes.
I don’t remember a time before the dorm room dance parties.
I don’t remember not braiding one another’s hair or stealing Wheat Thins from a box that didn’t belong to me.
To put it plainly, I’m blessed.
No, like, really blessed.
We’ve seen each other cry and we’ve fought over cleaning duties.
We’ve gone to sporting events for free shirts and free shirts alone.
We’ve studied so late that we couldn’t see straight.
We have inside jokes that no one else would think are funny.
We subbed in as real sisters on Sibs Weekend.
We’ve played in the snow after midnight and we’ve eaten burnt popcorn.
We say “love you” every time we say goodbye for class.
We are sisters and friends and sometimes even moms to each other.
We find excitement in buying gifts for one another because it means we might be able to steal it back when we’re in desperate need of a cute outfit.
We wipe tears and give hugs whenever necessary.
Like I said, I’m blessed.
I’d heard the "crazy college roommate" horror stories before I got here, but I never had to live my own.
Yeah, my roommates are crazy, but they’re my crazy best friends.
And I hope they are for a long, long time.
We’ll keep doing each other’s makeup and fighting over who left the empty pop can on the coffee table.
All I hope for the three of us is that we bicker and laugh and stay friends forever.
There isn’t a doubt in my mind that God has placed us in one another’s lives for a reason.
We talk about who we’ll be in 20 years, and how we'll return to school with our Bobcat husbands and Bobkitten kids.
Our kids will be friends and maybe we’ll even have casual dinner parties together on Friday nights.
I really, really want that.
To my friends/sisters/roommates, thank you.
Thank you for holding me when I cry and for reassuring me when I worry.
Thank you for listening to me and for laughing at my jokes even when they aren’t the least bit funny.
Thank you for showing me what it means to be a friend.
Friends for life,
Hal
