Until I was 15, my parents' jobs required us to move around a lot - in and out of the U.S. Therefore, I was forced to adapt to new cultures, environments, schools, and people every two to three years. Throughout those years, I evidently made new and unforgettable memories with people I am still in contact with today. I'll admit that I talk to some a lot more frequently than others. Sometimes months will go by - sometimes even years - but the minute I talk to specific people, it's like no time has ever passed.

At the time though, being a high schooler challenged me to stay in touch with the people I was so close to before my home address changed, again. I knew a lot of people in high school who didn't believe in long distance relationships. In fact, I still know a lot of people who dislike long distance relationships of any kind because they think it can never work. It's easy to blame the distance (sometimes even different time zones) for getting in the way of you and someone you care about - someone who lives in another city, state, or even country. It's what happened to me.

However, when the time came to leave for college, I was yet again confronted with grand miles separating me from my new closest friends. I then realized and truly began to understand that distance should not have any influence on me, and it should not keep me from talking to people I cared so much about. Therefore, as each of us began to go our separate ways in college and we confronted schedule differences and intense classes, I began to reconnect with my old friends and made sure that my new close friendships would not fade away.

I'm not saying living miles and miles away from your best friend is easy, because keeping in touch is indeed difficult, especially when daily routines are overloaded with work and schedules no longer match up. At first, it is all difficult to become accustomed to. The late-night phone calls usually begin to fade, the daily update text message conversations become prolonged into weekly or monthly updates instead, and you'll have to find new people to hang out with all the time.

Moving away from close friends will require adjustments, some more than others, and it will take a lot of time, effort, and commitment to stay in touch. However, one thing that will never need to be adjusted is the connection you two share. No matter where you are in the world or what time zone it is or however many years have gone by since your last conversation, one reuniting conversation will make it seem like nothing has ever changed because of the unbreakable connection you two share. When you reconnect with real friends from the past, an irreplaceable and fulfilling feeling emerges.

The underlying factor though that will always stay true is: Nothing can come between a true friendship. A true friendship will forever hold an unbreakable connection filled with understanding, energy, chemistry, and love. The reality is, true friends can be seen from miles away, even after years of being apart, no matter what - everything goes back to normal within a day.