First and foremost, I want to thank you. It may sound a bit cliche, but because of y’all I am the person who I am today. Thank you for all of the the laughs, the memories, the cyphs, the arguments, the turn ups, the kickbacks (shoutout to the boomboom room, gang gang), the conversations, the icebreakers, all of it. Thank you for supporting me, for pushing me, for challenging me, for opposing me, and for listening to me. Thank you for creating with me, for taking care of me, and most of all for simply being there.

Thank you for teaching me lessons I could have never learned in the classroom. For sharing parts of yourselves with me, and for helping me find pieces of myself along the way. Thank you for being you.

Our times together may have been far from perfect, but I wouldn’t trade them for anything in the world. You are a group of strong, talented, and unique individuals. I’m so blessed and fortunate to have been able to spend time with you all, years with some of you and only months with others. No matter the duration of our friendship I appreciate ALL OF YOU.

One of the hardest parts of graduating was saying goodbye to you. My freshman year I would have never thought I’d make such amazing friends. You made my college experience something I’ll treasure forever.

However, part of growing up is knowing when to let go, although I will never let go of the memories, and lasting impressions you’ve made.

This is by no means a permanent “goodbye”. This is not me giving up on you, or our friendship. This is me embracing my own growth, as well as yours, as uncomfortable as it is. One thing that will never change is the fact that I will always be here for you if you need me.

I’ve always tried to make myself available to you whenever you needed me, sometimes putting my own needs/priorities aside. I’m not perfect and I’m sure I’ve let you down on multiple occasions, and for that I want to apologize.

I’m sorry for talking over you, and for having an attitude that is sometimes hard to deal with. I’m sorry for ignoring you, and for overlooking you. I’m sorry. I’m sorry for not always being the best friend I could be. I’m sorry for cancelling plans last minute. I’m sorry for everything. If I ever hurt you in any way, I’m sorry those were never my intentions.

I’m so excited to see where you take this thing called life, even if I’m not apart of the process. You are all beautiful, caring, courageous, intelligent, innovative resilient and resourceful individuals. The world is yours! I’m praying for you and cheering for you all the way. I love you, and I want nothing but the best for ALL my homies

Gang gang for life.