I decided to write letters to my friends from home because I miss them and since I don't get to talk to them all the time, I figured I'd write to them. Online. For the whole world to see. I hope you get something out of these letters even if you aren't who I am talking to.

Friends,

I miss you guys so much! I miss seeing your beautiful smiling faces every day. I miss going on random trips to the mall, midnight trips to the mountains, adventuring, hiking, going to Boulder and Denver, exploring, and watching movies at my house during off blocks. I miss being able to just text you and then go on some random adventure. I miss going on late night ice cream runs and thrift shopping. We could've bought out all of those thrift stores. I could go on and on about the things I miss about y'all, but I won't.

I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for listening and being there. Thank you for embarrassing me, and probably more accurately thank you for letting me embarrass you. I always had way more fun with the second option. Thank you for dragging me to school dances, even though every dance I said, "I'm not going" and then would find myself buying a dress anyway because someone had somehow convinced me it would be fun and of course they would be right. Thank you for letting me be myself in front of you. Thank you for encouraging me and letting me encourage you (I hope). Thank you for pushing me when I needed to be pushed, I am pretty stubborn.

Yes, I promise, I'll be home for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Let's go on more adventures. Love and miss you all!