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Dear College Gals: 14 Reasons I'm Thankful For Ya'll

Moving to new places with new people is so hard and scary, but finding lifelong friends to keep my sanity was so worth the adventure. Thank you girls for all you do.

Kalyn Ashlee Bowser

May 09, 2016

Below The Gnat Line, GA

Dear College Gals: 14 Reasons I'm Thankful For Ya'll

Kalyn Bowser

I remember finally graduating and throwing off our caps into the air during the fireworks that were fired off during some emotional time-of-our-lives song. Then immediately going to find my best friends through the hundreds of students. When we finally found each other, there were massive hugs and tears as we realized we had just closed a chapter in our lives together. As the graduation parties came along, things got even more real. We said our goodbyes as some of us went away for college, some got full-time jobs, and some even got married. I realized I was moving hours away from my very best friends and anyone I knew. I could no longer call them up and meet them at Starbucks on the same day. I couldn't make lunch plans or see them every day like I had for more than four years. As I drove down to college for orientation, it hit me hard. How am I ever going to make friends? Slash that, REALLY HOW AM I GONNA MAKE FRIENDS? Worse yet, what if I have to eat every meal alone?

Well, let's just say God provided some of the best girlfriends a girl has ever had during my freshman year. (Only a few of my beautiful friends are pictured above.) Ya'll deserve a thank you.

1. Thank you for the endless breakfast/lunch/dinner dates, eating alone is no fun.

2. Thank you for taking me to all your Greek events.

3. Thank you for the dance parties in the car.

4. Thank you for dealing with my moods.

5. Thank you for wiping my tears and giving the best hugs.

6. Thank you for sleepovers.

7. Thank you for taking fun little adventures with me.

8. Thank you for loving coffee as much as I do.

9. Thank you for helping me pass exams.

11. Thank you for loving me when I am hard to love.

12. Thank you for encouraging me.

13. Thank you for making me laugh til I cry.

14. Thank you for being you.

Thank you so much for being my family away from home. I could have never imagined I would be so close to you girls in such a small amount of time. Thank you for every laugh, every meal, every tear, and every moment we had this year. Much love college gals.

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