Recently, well today actually, my best friend moved to Massachusetts. Saying goodbye was the hardest thing that I have ever had to do. We laughed and we cried (a lot), but we knew it was the best thing for us. He has to follow his dreams, and I have to go to school. We always joked that I would just go to school out there and we wouldn't have to leave each other, but we knew that wasn't a possibility. He has been gone less than 12 hours and I already miss him more than anything. He is my person, and now my person lives 16 hours away.
We now have to learn how to survive without our best friend. I mean, what does someone do without their best friend around 24/7? We were always with each other. I would go to his house before and after work every single day. On days that we were both off, we would spend the entire day together. What do you do when your person isn't around? Who do we go running to now when something is wrong? Who do we go running to when we have exciting news to share? Sure, we could text or call each other, but it isn't the same. You count on your best friend to be there for you when you need a hand to hold or a shoulder to cry on. How do you cry on their shoulder or hold their hand when they are half way across the country?
We both knew going into this that it wouldn't be easy, but it would be worth it. We will have to survive without seeing each other every day. We will have to make the phone calls and video chats the best that we possibly can. When something exciting happens, we will have to remember every single detail so that explaining it on the phone is almost like being there. We will have to take pictures of all the moments that make us happy, so we can still see the smiles on each other's faces. But we also have to pick up the phone when something is wrong and do our best to be there for them, even when we can't be there with them. We have to take silly pictures of ourselves on Snapchat and send them to each other just to make each other laugh. We will have to send each other care packages, just to show that we still care about them and want to give them what they need.
Living without each other is going to be so hard, but maybe doing those things will make it a little easier. Maybe counting down the days until we get to visit each other will make the time go by faster. We both have to grow up and work on ourselves, so when it is time to be together again, we are ready to start our lives together. We tried for months to prepare ourselves for today, but we still weren't ready. I don't think you could ever be ready to watch your best friend drive away, knowing you won't see them for weeks, maybe even months.
We both know this won't be easy. But we know that it will be worth it. We can and we will get through this. Living without your best friend isn't easy, but it isn't impossible.
