Missing

....Well it's official, the boys are gone. :'( The fact that I won't see them for two whole years still has yet to hit me...I wonder if it ever truly will. I look forward to the chance to write them and hear their stories and tell them mine, but it still won't be the same as physically seeing and interacting with them. We all say that we don't want things to change in these next two years....but we all know things will change with time, who knows where we'll all be two years from now. But I think it's not whether we'll be married, dating, moved out, etc. it's all about how much we still believe in the friendship that we established over the past years together. If we have faith and believe that bond will never be broken, but like everything else in life friendships require our attention, we can't expect to not put forth any effort and expect results, things fade over time...but they don't have to.

I'm so thankful to have the friends that I do, I can't imagine my life without them. I've known some of them pretty much my whole life, while others I've known for a couple of years, but we've all grown so close, it's like time is not a factor in how close we are. I think it's with these people that we can really be ourselves with, and it's also these people who will continue to influence our lives for the long run. Choose your friends wisely!

I'm just like everyone else....I want these next two years to fly by, so that we can get our missionaries back home and have everything go back to the way it once was. I'm sure that day by day the years will seem slow, but by the time two years has passed we'll feel that it flew by. Just like this past year in college, it feels like yesterday that we were all gathered around a campfire or playing sports. I can't wait for the day when we can do all the fun stuff we used to do....but until then I'll continue to tell my story and the story of those around me to you guys who won't be there with us...look forward to it! :)