To my best friends from high school,

When I look back at our high school years, I remember the countless memories we shared together. Curling up on the couch and shoving our faces with Ben & Jerry’s ice cream was our go-to whenever one of us were having a rough day. Going to the football games and cheering on our guy friends was the best. Late night heart-to-heart talks and endless amounts of advice given to us when we needed it. Fro-yo runs when we were feeling bored, only to end up driving around town and singing to our favorite songs in the car. Those nights when we needed a shoulder to cry on because of some boy drama or problems we were going through. We have been through it all. No matter whatever the circumstances were, it was always bearable if we were together.

All of that changed, however, when we went away to separate colleges this year. We met new friends who became our new go-to friend group. Friends that we see on Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and whatever other social media outlet there is. Friends that we “know” but really don’t. We can only hope that one day we will be lucky enough to meet the amazing friends that we all have made.

Although we aren’t together, our high school group chat still blows up 24/7. Sending pictures from the previous night when we went out, asking which picture to Instagram and talking about boys we meet. We try and fill each other in on our separate lives we have come to be so familiar with this past semester.

However, things are not the same anymore. We don’t live in the next town over. We can barely find time in our busy lives to have an all-friend-group Skype video chat. We are at least 73 miles away from each other and at the most, an extreme 477 miles. I fear that sometimes we will forget about each other because we are so caught up in our separate lives which used to be so similar just a year ago. We used to have the same schedule of going to classes, the same timing of activities and workout and/or study buddies.

Even if we aren’t constantly texting or FaceTiming each other every day, you will still always remain my best friends. Even though we have our own new amazing group of best friends at school, they will never replace our best friends at home.

Cliché as it may sound, you are my best friends forever. You have been my rocks through everything and I am so thankful to have something with you guys that makes saying goodbye to go to school and our separate lives so hard. However, it isn’t goodbye to me. It is see you later.

Thanks for being your silly, sarcastic, athletic, social, kind and yogi selves. Love you always, best friends.