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They Keep Me Young

Bragging about my high school pals.

Erin Murphy

May 31, 2016

Hope College

Jake Orr

One of the best parts of coming home from college for the summer is seeing the people who stuck by you before you became old and irrelevant: your high school friends. I've been home for less than a month but I've already laughed my way to tears several times with some of my favorite people in the world. Thank God they didn't abandon me when I was an over dramatic 16 year old, because I have no idea what I would do without them. I don't tell you guys enough how thankful I am for our friendship. So, please don't hate me for being mushy here, but I love you all to pieces.

Thanks for being goofy.

We may be in our 20s now, but it wouldn't be us if we didn't have spit ball fights at dinner, would it? Sure, I'll always roll my eyes at every "That's What She Said" joke you guys make, but I'll also always appreciate your sense of humor and that we don't have to grow up just yet.

Don't I look like I could kill someone in this picture? Who would want to be friends with someone who made a face that scary, amiright?

Thanks for having my back.

You guys have been there for me at my best and my worst. Thanks for not leaving at my worst and for supporting me even when situations are tricky.

Thanks for being consistent.

No matter how long it's been since we've talked, or how far away we are from each other, I know that I can count on going to half off apps at Applebee's or getting super sugary breakfast out every single break I'm home. And I wouldn't want it any other way.

Thanks for always being there to talk.

I'm not gonna lie, looking at my phone and seeing 20 notifications from our group chat makes my day. It also makes me feel popular too, but that's not the point. Whether it's a random GIF at 3 a.m. or a SnapChat during the day just 'cause, I love getting to talk to y'all so much. And thanks for encouragement when I need it too. I know I could call any of you in the middle of the night and you'd be up to chat.

So here's to the past month of incredible memories and the ones to come these next few months of summer! Can we go to Bee's now?

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