You have seen me at my worst, you’ve seen me at my best. You have seen all of my ups, my downs, and everything in between, and you still stick by me. You were there for me when I went through the worst breakup I had ever experienced, and you were there when I needed help doing the breaking up. You were there when my great grandma passed away and when my grandfather passed away. You guys were truly there through it all and still are.

You all mean something special to me and you’ve all each taught me lessons individually. I know that I wouldn’t be the person I am today without you guys. In fact, to quote one of my favorite songs from "Wicked", “Because I knew you, I have been changed, for good”.

We may have disagreements on certain things, but we NEVER fight. We have so many great times together, that there really never is time to fight. With all the sleepovers, dinners, and just group outings in general, there is never a dull moment with the six of us.

Middle and high school would not have been the same without you guys. The friendship we have together has overcome it all. Here or there we may have lost a soldier or temporarily gained a soldier in this war called “The Transition into Adulthood” but we as a core stuck together. Through it all we were there to lend a hand, share a laugh, and offer a shoulder to cry on. We have helped each other conquer mountains, and when we reached the top, we climbed back down together, no man left behind.

In the end when our new lives began, unlike most of our peers, we did not call it an end. For us it was a new beginning, together but separate at the same time. Whenever possible we caught up with each other. Whether it be through Snapchat streaks surpassing 100 days, last minute Black Friday trips, or group dinners at Bertucci’s and Townline, we refuse to lose contact with each other.

I hate to say it to you guys but you are as stuck with me as I am with you, and I honestly wouldn’t have it any other way. They say that you forget your high school friends and make real friendships in college. The six of us can stand here and tell whoever said that they’re wrong.

In you guys, I have found friends that I will carry with me for the rest of my life. I know that I will never lose you. I have five guaranteed bridesmaids for when I get married, five guaranteed baby sitters for when I have kids, and five non-biological aunts for my future kids. I know that if we survived our first year of college together, we will survive anything together. We got this.

Whatever the future may hold, I know you guys will be by my side. I have found five lifelong friends in you all and I have found family in you all (literally for one of you, I found out you were my like third cousin, haha). In all of you I have found confidants, best friends, and fellow causers of mischief and I know this is how it will be for the rest of our lives.

Thank you for all the lessons you have taught me, the memories we share, the countless inside jokes, and the company you all give. I couldn’t have asked for a better group of friends to share the past eight years with. Here is to us growing old and senile together!