As we all are going back to school and to our separate ways it still gets hard to say goodbye. I know that when we go back to school and our lives there, we will be super busy with our sports team, sorority, church and other school activities. The texts and phone calls will become less and less frequent but it does not change how much y’all mean to me. We all are off doing our own thing and reaching for our own different dreams. So of course we are on different paths in different towns and at different schools.

Thank you for the summer break, for the sweetest reunion of updating each other all the stuff that went on in the past semester. I cherish the times we have gotten to spend this summer even though we spent less time together. I am thankful for friends that I can go a while without seeing but when I do see you guys nothing actually changes. I realize that as the years go by we might not all be coming back to our hometown during the summer but I cannot wait for the weekend visits and catching up.

Having good friends from high school and through college is something that not everyone gets to have. I am lucky that I still can call you guys when something bad or even good happens and I know that y’all would drop everything to come and visit me. Despite our different schedules I appreciate the phone calls and quick texts asking how my week has been or how I am doing. It is the little things that make the difference. I am excited for us to all go back to our school and succeed in school and our extra curricular activities. I could not imagine going through college without you guys and even though I do not get to see you guys every day, I know y’all are always there for me.

To the college freshmen who are worried about maintaining friendships with people from high school, keep in contact with them. It will be okay if you cannot talk to them everyday but try and talk to them at least once a week. Ask them how their classes are going and ask about their new friends. You will go some weeks without hearing from them but everyone has different schedules and is taking different classes. It will happen, and sometimes you might even forget to text or call them but it will be okay. And if you do not get to visit them as much as you wanted it is okay. It will make holidays even sweeter because you have not seen them as much. Thank you for your constant friendship. I love you guys.