I’ve been blessed and cursed to have had the best friends of all different circles and types along my college career. You know how you can be best friends one day and strangers the next? Well, I’ve been blessed because they have helped me in some way or another; at some point or another, in my five-year journey, helped me get to be the woman I am today along the way. Cursed, in some life circumstances that God threw our way because something happened in His plans to make some of them not still be in my life today.

To my freshman year roommate:

You were there for my first heartbreak, dealt with me and the beginning of my wild stages afterwards and taught me how to make spaghetti. You will forever hold a special place in my heart and I thank you.

To my roommates after:

Thank you for dealing with me. I mean that in its entirety. From dirty dishes to little bitch fights, to my old life of coming home at the crack of dawn, to heart breaks and ugly cries. You've seen it all and I have no idea who or where I'd be without you.

To my hometown friends:

Thank you for keeping me grounded and always giving me another reason to retreat and come back home. Thank you for never leaving- this town or my side.

To my sorority gal pals (squad):

Thank you for accepting me as your "honorary" sister, even though you didn't have to. Thank you for picking me up when I was in the darkest pit of my life, and teaching me how to have fun again. Ya'll have no idea the impact you each made on my life and the memories I made with you all will last me a lifetime.

To my church group friendships:

Thank you for helping me find my way to my real home. Thank you for helping me realize my worth. Thank you for not judging me for my downfalls and flaws but loving me and praying with me through my pain and suffering. I love you. Every brother and sister in Christ that I've found along the way- you were the hands of God in my ultimate decision to follow our sweet Jesus and for that, I thank you.

To my mom:

There aren't enough "thank you's" in this world for everything you've done for me. Every prayer you've prayed for me. Thank you for never losing hope in me and being my very best friend through it all. Thank you.

*Note: Not all who are thanked are pictured. But you know who you are!