We all have cell phones, we all have social media and we all are obsessed with documenting everything on our phones and making sure our social media followers see what we are up to. Take Instagram for example, majority of the time when someone posts a picture it is just to get more likes than everyone else and to make your picture better then the last one.

But it is because of these things that we are able to keep memories forever. We are able to go back through and look at old pictures and videos and relive those moments. Social media makes it easy for us to keep in touch with those friendships that faded, because the memories never will. Recently I was going through old videos on my computer and found old dance videos. This was probably the worst time to go through them as it is midterms and all I can think about is that I would rather go back and relive those moments then to be studying for tests. While going through, I also found photos from high school with people who are still my close friends but our friendships are not the same anymore.

Memories will never fade, but people will. Someone who over the summer you got to see all the time might be someone who you rarely see a text message from now. Part of this is because of distance yes but if it was a friendship that someone cherishes and is something that they feel is worth the work, they will make an effort to keep up on communication. I understand that people get busy, especially now in college but being a busy person myself I make sure that I am able to find time to talk to those that I care about most. Recently, I have noticed that my closest friend from home has kind of dwindled in the whole communication part of a friendship. But it is because of this that I notice myself not telling her the important things that happen in my life, instead I go to my roommate or some of my sorority sisters. These people have become my best friends here and I am thankful for that. But I still wish that she was the first person that I went to first, and I wish she was the person I thought of when these things happen. But it is because of the distance and lack of communication that in some ways our friendship isn’t the same.

Even though our friendship is not the same, I know the memories will always stay the same. No matter how many people in your life fade away, you will always stay connected to them through the memories you have made with them.