Graduation, new jobs, new homes, new families, new locations are all part of life. Some of us may be at very different points in our lives, with some of our friends still in college while others move on to full-time employment, and others even getting engaged and moving on their lives that way.

While we all may be in different positions or even similar ones, it may be pretty difficult to find time to set up a night out for dinner or a weekend BBQ where everyone can make it. You're reaching adulthood, the time where you can't just text a friend to hang out tonight or tomorrow because someone has work or is busy with schoolwork or something else. And while that time may be nearing faster than you can say, "Hey, are you busy this weekend?" it's important to take a step back and really try to get your friends together at least once in a while.

No matter where you met your friends, whether they've stuck with you since high school or a sports team, or you met them at work or at school, it's important to surround yourself with the people you have stuck by you all along. And if you've tried to see that one friend for a while and just haven't had the chance, get to it! Make plans, set dates well in advance, create a fun time! Before life gets too out of hand, before we don't have a chance to tell our friends how much they mean to us, make sure you spend time with your closest friends because without them life isn't as fun.

This summer make it a point to create fun memories with your friends. See movies, go to the beach together and have a picnic, have a BBQ for the Fourth of July, get drinks, go out to eat, take a group trip, or just go for a ride with the windows down! This is that reminder to be with your friends before life gets too out of hand. Our friends help us deal with stress and give us advice when things are going wrong, they encourage us and stick by us when the going gets tough, and they'll always try their best to make time for you, so don't forget to make time for them.