We may not really ever talk to each other these days and our only ways of keeping up with everyone’s lives is through social media, but that doesn’t mean that you aren’t important.

Our friendship is what got us through those tough years in high school. No one can do those four years alone without going crazy. You were the ones who kept me sane when the stairways were crowded and when the sophomore class thought they were all that and a bag of chips our senior year. Who else would have been there through the break-ups and the girl’s nights? High school would not have been the same without you guys.

It’s crazy how time changes everything. People ask if you still talk and they are so surprised when we say no. They question what happened and I tell them time. We’ve grown up. Our need for each other has passed. It sounds sad when you put it like that but it really isn’t.

People come into our lives for a reason and they don’t always stay. Those people can be the most important ones. They are the ones that teach us a lesson. They are the ones that are sent to us at a time when we most need their presence. As we get older and we learn those lessons or move on from a time in our lives’ and those people’s purpose then expires.

It’s natural for us to grow apart from one another. It doesn’t mean we don’t still care about or don’t like each other. It just means time has been passing. Time changes everything, even people. We aren’t the same high school kids we were when we graduated. It doesn’t mean anything bad has happened between us. It just means we’ve grown up.

Even as more time passes I will never forget how grateful I am for having you guys in my life when I needed you the most.