A couple of weeks ago, a friend of mine lost one of her best friends due to drunk driving. And although I met this person one time, I was immediately sickened with grief. I couldn't stop thinking about it for weeks and what hurt most was knowing one of my best friends was dealing with this pain and I could do nothing but send her comforting words.

After this tragic event happened, I began to imagine what I would have done had it been me waking up to the heart-breaking news of losing one of my friends. I looked around at all my friends and couldn't even imagine what it would be like if I were to wake up to them gone the next day. These goofy boys and girls who made me smile every single day.

The road to making friends in college was never easy for me, I never was able to put myself out there and I was continually wishing someone would just walk up to me and ask me to be their friend. But what I found? Is thats not how friendship works. People come into your lives when you need them most and sometimes the only way we can appreciate all they did for us is by losing them.

With that being said, hold your friends close, because you never know when the last time is. Appreciate them when they are making you laugh till you cry. Crying with you and just holding you close. Remembering your favorite candy and even when they annoy the daylights out of you. Friends are never to be taken for granted. Cause as they say, friends are the family we get to choose.