It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are

As the semester comes to an end I am forced to face graduation and the fact that the majority of my friends will be leaving me.  All through college I have had two or more groups of friends and the majority of those friends are graduating this year, I will honestly have 5 of my close friends left next semester.  This is terrifying because now I have to go back to how it was freshman year and try to meet new friends and new people, because if I do not I will definitely be bored or lonely.  I am very sad that graduation is just around the corner, but I also am so thankful for the people this school has brought into my life.  My best girlfriends are graduating, the person I always went to to vent and cry and complain is leaving, my best friends from high school is graduating, my two girls that over the past year have also become my best friends are graduating, and my boyfriend is graduating. 

It is such a big step for them and I am so proud of them that I can not even explain, but I am sad, because I know I will see them maybe a few times a year.  I have had amazing times with all of these people and I know I am going to miss them incredibly next year.  I also need to keep in mind that these people who mean so much to me will also be facing a lot of changes (changes that are much larger than mine) they have to go out now and create a life for themselves with what they have learned in college.  I am so proud to call these people some of my best friends, and I can not wait to see what they become in the future and where we will all be 10 years down the road.