Dear friends across the country,

A year ago, being this far apart for so long was just a thought in our minds, it was an issue we did not yet have to deal with or realize. Being in our second semester of our freshman year of college now has shown how fast the time has gone by. Although I don’t always realize it, I miss you guys more and more every day. College brings us new beginnings, new friends, and new experiences, but the friends you have known since kindergarten cannot automatically be replaced.

You were the friends I grew up with. The friends I celebrated my huge accomplishments with: getting over the awkward middle school stages, getting our braces off, getting bat mitzvah’d, committing to college, graduating high school, going to prom, and every other event in between. Whatever the moment was, we did it together.

Oh how the times have changed. We now attend separate colleges which are located across the country, and we all have new friends to share our upcoming experiences with. It’ll be great, right? Yes, it will, but thank you for everything we have already experienced together, by each other’s sides.

No matter the distance, we can say one thing, we will never lose touch. Whether it’d be texting, snapchatting, Facebook or anything else, we see each other every day without knowing it.

Thank you for putting up with me. Through all the drama of everything and anything, we’ve been there for each other. Thank you for being there when I needed you most. Through everything.

Thank you for the endless laughter and jokes we have shared with one another. There are not enough words to describe the things we have experienced together. Thank you for always being there for a good laugh when I need one.

Thank you for being my people. Thank you for being the ones I can talk about to my college friends, them obviously knowing who you are due to the hundreds of photos on my wall. Thank you for being there when I need someone to facetime, thank you for being my “best friends from home.”

Days have passed, now months, and soon enough years, but don’t forget the mark we have made on one another as we get older and make new friends to share so many memories with. Thank you for the years of laughter, smiles and tears. No matter how far apart we are, we’ll always be so close. I couldn’t have done it without you.

Love,

Your high school friend in Florida.