In honor of today being Best Friend Day (or at least it is the day I’m writing this), I figured I would write about all the good things of having your best friends from high school stay your best friends throughout your college years. Don’t get me wrong, I have made some great lifelong friends from college, mainly from joining my sorority; however, some of my closest friends are the ones I made from my high school years. Now, going into my junior year of college, about four of my closest friends are ones that I have stayed friends with from high school.

• They know your family: When you have the same friends transition from high school to college with you, their family basically becomes yours and vice versa. To me, this is a good thing; I like having people around that I can count on and I love always feeling welcomed around friends' family.
• They know all of your secrets: They have to stay your friends because of this one. They know things about yourself that you don’t normally tell other people and you know things about them that they don’t want others knowing.
• They loved you before your glo up: Most people I know didn’t come into themselves until junior/senior year, and some of us are still trying to figure things out. However, friends from high school loved you even when you had braces on your teeth and used too much bronzer.
• You know they’re loyal: If you’re lucky enough to have kept friends for so long, you know that they aren’t flaky friends. Friends that have stayed with you through high school and into college are loyal friends that will stick with you through thick and thin.
• They won’t judge you: these friends have probably seen you at your lowest of lows and highest of highs, seen you at your worst, and seen you at your best. I know that I can go to my friends and tell them exactly how I’m feeling or what I’m thinking and just completely let down my guard around them.
• They are honest with you: I know that my friends won’t judge me; however, I also know that they will tell me how it is. They obviously are people who know me best, so they tell it like it is. These people have my best interest at heart and will tell me things that I don’t always want to hear, but know that I need to.
• They’re the best pick-me-up: My friends from high school know exactly what old story to tell me to make me laugh or know the snack that will make me the happiest. Whenever I’m feeling sad or low I know that I can count on my friends to pick me up and dust me off and put a smile back on my face.
• You have people to share your happiness with: Whenever I have reached a goal, or have exciting news, I know my friends will rejoice with me and I know they will be just as happy as I am. And when they have something they are proud of or happy about, I’m there to be happy with them. With happiness also comes sadness: If I’m feeling down, I know they will be my shoulder to cry on and vice versa.