To my Best Friend,

Well this is it. In the upcoming week we are taking that first leap into our futures by going to college. I will be attending Hofstra University, while you will be at the University of Rhode Island. For the first time in ten years we won't be 15 minutes away from each other. I won't know the roads to turn down in order to pull right in your driveway. I'll have to use a gps just to get to your new home. A lot of things will be different but I know our friendship will stay the same. As our time living so close to each other starts to disappear I just want you to hear a couple of things.

I think at first this change will be hard for the both of us. I won't be able to just pop over for a vent session or come over to see how your family is doing. I can't bring you coffee or food to brighten you up after you've had a bad day. I can't stay over your house for three days at a time anymore because we'll both have class. We can't meet each other at the Time to Eat Diner at midnight just because we miss each other. You won't be able to use my house as an escape from your sister or your dad. And I won't be able to use yours for stress relief on your trampoline late at night or constantly raiding your fridge or pantry. So many memories have been created in each of our homes since we were eight years old.

Throughout the years our friendship has continued to grow. We never went to the same school, but it has only helped us become closer. We've supported each other and pushed each other to be our best selves. I'm excited to see how we will grow when we are three and a half hours away from each other in different states instead of 15 minutes in the same state.

I have so much faith in our friendship. I know that going away from each other for a couple of months is something we can manage. We have survived summers apart while I was at camp for 2 months and you're home. We have survived high school even though we were never in the same building so I just know we can survive college too. You're my best friend, my non biological sister, and my person. You are a part of my extended family and I'm incredibly grateful for all of our memories. I'm ecstatic to begin our futures and I know you're going to blow everyone away. You're incredible and I'm lucky for the ten years that we have spent so close to each other. Even if we're apart, we'll always be together.

As they say, distance makes the heart grow fonder and I know being farther apart will hurt us at first, but you'll always be my best friend no matter where we live.

Much love,

Your best friend.