Thank you.

Dear Big,

I can’t believe that the time has come for you to graduate and leave our beloved college town that has become our home. I know that you are ready to tackle whatever comes your way. You’re going to change the world in some way, just like you changed my life. Even though I keep crying because I don’t want you to leave, I promise I am beyond proud of and excited for you.

I’ll miss the plans we made to workout that ended with us eating Canes. Cooking dinner at each others’ places and watching movies will occur less frequently. No longer will you call me up to go shopping on the spur of the moment, and we won’t be carpooling to events or sitting by each other at meeting every week.

BUT, we’ve been preparing for this. As our friendship grew, we realized that we could handle whatever physical distances came between us. You’ve been such a blessing, and I hope I can be half as great of a big as you are to me. I’ll still snap you my outfit choices and run to you about boys. We’ll FaceTime our frustrations and call with happy news, whether you get a promotion or I ace a test.

Thank you for being someone that I can run to at any time. Thank you for listening to me talk about the same thing forty different times and never getting mad. Thanks for coffee dates and unexpected pick-me-ups. Thanks for the road trips (these may become more frequent when we live in different cities). Thanks for loving every mediocre craft that I make you and for sharing my appreciation of class. You are such a role model and I can’t thank you enough for that. Thank you for always cheering me on to successes and picking me up when I fall. Thank you for being my family.

As much as I hate that you’re leaving our college home, I can’t wait to see the adventures that you take. You give me a reason to travel more now, and my house is always open to you. I wouldn’t be who I am today without the love and impact that you have shown me. You’re going to do great works.

Love always,

Your Little