It's that time of year again. It smells like freshly cut grass outside and I can finally drive with the windows down again. My friends are posting pictures of their graduation cords and everyone is throwing a perpetual all-nighter for finals. I'm itching for the semester to be over, but at the same time I'm dreading it because I don't want to the fun to end and truthfully, I don't want to have to load up my car with all my stuff from my dorm. Another downer about the end of another school year is thinking about the seniors graduating.

To all the seniors graduating this May, this one's for you. If we just became friends recently, or have been friends since my freshmen year, I'm sad to see you go. Walking around campus next year won't be the same without seeing all of you. I won't be able to run up to you in the library and freak out and have you calm me down. I won't be able to be within minutes of some of my favorite people or get to see everyone's beautiful faces every day. I won't be seeing you at the frats anymore or getting lunch with you in the cafeteria.

But what I do know is that our friendship won't end when you cross that stage and walk off campus with your bachelors that you so rightfully earned. I know that we will remain friends and we will stay in each others lives. I know that I can still call you at three a.m. and even though you'll have your grown-up job, you'll still answer me. We'll still be able to get lunch on your breaks and we'll be able to get drinks on weekends because you'll be working full-time and will want to hang out with your little pals still suffering through academia.

I want to thank you for being such an important part of my life the past few years. Some of you might not even realize how much you mean to me. Through all the concerts, late nights, Taco Bell runs, bottles of wine, ugly snaps, fights and apologies—I have found my people. I found my bridesmaids, my godparents to my future children, my roommates and my best friends. I read a quote my freshmen year of college that said, "College is the time where you meet your bridesmaids, not your husband." I didn't think that I actually would find people that meant so much to me. I am so blessed to have stumbled into such great friendships.

So good luck on all your finals and all your boards, we all know that you will do amazing. Good luck in all the cities and states that you will take on with a fury with your intelligence, skills and passions. Good luck with entering the real world; although you won't need luck because you are all hardworking and amazing human beings. So enough with the sappy stuff, this isn't goodbye, it's see you later. Happy graduation!

Love,

your ever grateful friend (and to my Sigmas, your ever faithful sister).