Hey. This is my best friend Reagan and I:

We met freshman year of high school and have been friends ever since. When it came time to apply to college, we quickly learned that I would be going to college in Missouri and she would be in New York City. I can tell you that she is 981 miles away from me, which is a 16 hour 23 drive away or a 2-hour drive and 2 and a half hour flight away. It sucks being so far away from your best friend. There are so many things you want to experience with them, and telling them about it is never the same. You imagine how cute the dorm room would have looked if you lived with them, which friends she would be friends with too, the things you would do together. But strangely, it brought us a lot closer together too. There isn't a day that goes by without me snapping Reagan:

Like our snap streak is one of the ages. 890 days is like 2 and a half years. We do this so much because it' just so much easier than us texting every day. Plus when you snap your best friend throughout the day it just kinda makes it feel like they're there with you. We will include little comments about things happening or stuff we are doing/planning/needing to do. Lots of time its just unattractive pictures of us throughout the day.

On top of Snapchat, we will text each other because that's just what friends do. I'll ask her for advice or general input on something; we text about our friends so that when it comes time to explain situations, we have an understanding of the people at play (this is crucial). We also will Facetime because there are just days you need to see their face.

Last time we Facetimed, she got to meet my kitten, so it was a big day.

It doesn't help to visit each other at school either. This has gotten us closer in so many ways. We now have an understanding of what college looks like for the two of us, which helps when we are texting each other about school. Also, we get to meet each other's friends, and you finally can put a face to the name.

Plus, when they come to visit it's like 10 times more exciting than when you see them every day.

The time we do get to actually be home at the same time, we are together. We hang out, go out, grab food, watch movies, sit and do nothing. Every now and then we go on adventures, like when we went to Lolla last summer.

When you switch from seeing your best friend almost every day to seeing her only a couple weeks in the year, it makes you appreciate the friendship you have with the person so much more. You realize how special the friendship is, and that alone makes me never want to lose contact with her. It's not hard to keep in contact with friends that go to college far away, you just have to have a friendship strong enough to last the distance.

Shout out to my person, she's the best one out there.