As we grow older, many people enter and leave our lives. Every single person that enters, enters for a reason. If they are meant to stay, they will, and if they were only meant to stop in for awhile, then so be it. As we reach this point in time, entering adulthood allows us to realize those friends that waltzed in and never left.

Throughout my middle school years, I used to take pride in my huge friend group that would get together on Friday nights and have dance parties in our friends' basements. As high school came along, that giant group casually began to diminish, one by one. Before I knew it, it was just me and three others. Believe it or not, those same three friends are still by my side today, as I take on my sophomore year of college.

To these girls, I would like to say thank you.

Thank you for enduring our friendship, even when I'm sure you didn't want to.

Thank you for sticking around, especially when others decided to leave.

Thank you for taking selfies with me and editing them on Picnik until we were unrecognizable.

Thank you for posing right next to me with our gowns flowing behind us at senior prom.

Thank you for double dating with me and being excited and welcoming with every new boyfriend I had.

Thank you for picking me up when that same boy pushed me down.

Thank you for rocking gauchos and Heelys with me, and telling me I looked great.

Thank you for laughing at old pictures of our awkward days.

Thank you for becoming a part of my family and including me in yours.

Thank you for being the one standing in front of me when everything went wrong.

Thank you for being my first phone call when I have good news.

Thank you for being the longest FaceTime when I really need to vent.

Thank you for always being down when I want to go out and have a good time.

Thank you for all of the sleepovers where we talked for hours.

Thank you for being there for every important moment in my life; I know you wouldn't miss any of it for the world.

Most importantly, I hope I was as good of a friend to you three as you were to me.

Love you Kayla, Nicole, & Jules.