To anyone in a long distance relationship,

I never imagined that I, this cat loving forever alone girl, would find a boy that she thought would for one, be worth dating and for two, would be worth traveling 313 miles to see every two weeks. But here I am writing about some boy that I originally had no chance of being with because of all of the odds hat were against us.

I remember when I had to say 'goodbye' to my boyfriend before he left for school and I was terrified that he would find someone new and I would no longer be important and he had the same doubts. Neither of us knew if the distance would be too much and neither of us knew if we would be able to handle the distance. I had my doubts about us staying together because for a while there it seemed like all we were doing was fighting and not getting along like we used to. Then this crazy boy hit me with the "I love you and I don't want to be without you" line and that's when I knew, that's when I knew we were going to make it. I knew we were going to make it because I did not care how long of a drive it was, I did not care how long we would have to be this far apart, I did not care that I no longer got to see him everyday, and I did not care how far away 313 miles actually was. I did not care because I knew that the distance had nothing on us.

When he came to visit me for the first time I had never been so happy, I ran and jumped into his arms and wrapped my entire body around his, just like a koala would do, and I just stayed like that, happy. I now live for these moments when I get to wrap my arms around his neck and just be happy. I count down the days until our next visit and I constantly have a camera in his face documenting everything, he hates me for it most days but the weekends we spend together are my happiest days.

Even though things are not always easy and I am pretty much the most clingy long distance girlfriend ever we manage. We manage to make our visits worth the wait, we manage to make each other feel loved from so far away, we manage to make each other feel like there is no one else in the world for us (well because there isn't), and we manage to make the distance work.

I know that no matter how far apart or how close we are to each other I will always be his adult baby, how he describes me, and he will always be my puppy eyed boyfriend. I'm saying all of this because if you are thinking about getting into a long distance relationship or if you are in one I want you to know that no matter what doubts you have and no matter the odds don't give up, have faith in the relationship, and love unconditionally.

xoxo,

A girl with mad love for her long distance relationship (and her faraway boyfriend)