As I am now three weeks into my new life at college, I have begun to think about everything that has led me up to this point. I think about everyone that I have met and everything I have done, and you had to have known that I wouldn't forget about you.

Hey, I know we haven't talked in a really long time, but I wanted to write to you now. You are the girls who used to be my best friends. One of you, I met in kindergarten, and the other in the first grade. We were inseparable. It was the kind friendship that Disney Channel makes television about. I remember calling your mom and asking to talk to you, just so you could turn around and ask her if you could come over. We went down the slides together, out to places around town with our parents together and I loved talking to you every day. When you're a chubby seven-year-old, these kinds of friendships were really important.And you'll never truly know how grateful I was for them. We stopped talking after elementary school, but I didn't forget about you, trust me on this.

My friendship with you helped me develop my friendships with other people. I decided after meeting you what I thought a good friendship was and that has helped guide me ever since in very relationship I have had.It also helped me come to the realization that not all people stay in your life forever. I often felt that our friendship did not end on bad terms, but rather just ended. I remember us trying to stay connected but somehow we just drifted apart. And that's okay. Not everyone stays in your life forever, but I learned to just be happy about all the good times that we shared.

We haven't talked in years, but sometimes I like to take a look at your Facebook and Instagram and just see what you are up to because you have become such beautiful young women. And sometimes I wish that I could be apart of your lives once again.

I think that everything happens for a reason. I guess that includes the ending of our friendship. But I sincerely hope that I'll get to see you again sometime and you'll be able to tell me all about how great your life has turned out because I wouldn't want anything less for you. Just know that I have not forgotten about you, and I actually think of you often, and perhaps every once in a while you think about me too. I hope that you are having a great time in college or whatever else you are doing. I wish you all the success that the world has to offer you and I hope that you never give up on your dreams; I know you have some great ones.