It was a very difficult first year for all of us. We were starting new lives, making new friends,making sure not to leave others behind, and tried to not to lose ourselves in the process.
Of course, that is just the start of what we went through in our first year of college.
Other than the normal problems of being a freshman in college. We also went through heartbreak, rejection, anxiety, depression, stress, and the loss of loved ones.
However, through it all, we made it out alive and with many memories that will always remain with us.
I write this now to thank you all for being there for me and being a part of my memories because, without you I am not sure if I would have made it.
First, I would like to thank those who have known me since my high school years.
The ones that kind of did not have a choice to be my friend but still chose to love me anyway. We went through many years together. We experienced many firsts together and had many of the same urges to get out of high school.
Thank you for staying with me after high school ended even though you did not have to. Thank you for giving me pictures of our memories from our younger years to make my small box of a dorm room a home. Thank you for staying in touch even though it is hard to do so with a new life ahead of you.
You helped make my first year of college a little easier by giving it a little touch of home.
Your texts made it easier because I knew you did not forget about me. Your Snapchats of you struggling to study made me know I was not alone in the suffering. Your FaceTime calls when you were excited about new things in your life made me happy to know you were happy.
I am so glad that you are all so happy.
Second, I want to thank the friends that I met in college.
It fills me with joy to think of our memories that we share in such a small amount of time. Living in a small space together brought us together quickly (maybe even a little too quick)- but I am thankful for that.
We began sharing our secrets within the second week and I thank you for that trust that we bestowed on each other and having that trust never leave. You are the most amazing friends I could ask for and you helped me when I needed it most.
We have spent many late nights together; we have shared many new feelings with each other that even our best of friends from home have never seen from us.
We have seen each other at our worst, and we have seen each other at our absolute best. We have cried with each other, laughed with each other, scared each other, and loved each other.
We will never forget our first year at college and I want to thank you for making this year amazing.
To the friend that experienced a new love, I hope he knows how lucky he is to have you.
To the friend that has found passion in a new sport, I am grateful that you finally found your calling. I hope that you continue to allow that to power you through any obstacles you may face.
To the friend that has experienced so much more and met so many more people than she would have ever met here in our small town, I am so glad you have expanded your horizons. I hope you continue to do so.
To the friend that found out she no longer wanted to play the sport she loved, I am so proud of you that you could find this out for yourself instead of torturing yourself with it. You will do so much with your college career now that you are free to choose for yourself.
To the friend that had her first true crush, there are so many more crushes to have and much better ones. Do not dwell on those that do not deserve you.
To the friend that had stress beyond repair, you made it through and I am proud of you for that. It is finally over and now you have a summer to relax.
To the friend that experienced her first heartbreak, I know you still think you will not ever love again but I promise you will. You are strong and you can get through anything.
You all are strong and you all made it through a very difficult year but we will not remember the times that were difficult, we will remember the laughter and the happiness. We will not care about the stress or the heartbreaks because we all have each other and we will always have each other.
So, thank you.
