Song of the Day: Younger by Seinabo Sey
***This post is dedicated to my roommate from my freshman year of college. I hope everyone is lucky enough to have found a roommate and best friend at once.***
Dear roommate,
I want you to know how grateful I am for you. Because of you, my college experience was so much better than I thought it would be. In all honesty, I would probably be somewhere close to dead if I did not have you to guide me through this difficult first year. You have seen my at the happiest moments, and you have seen me at my weakest.
You probably would never believe this, but I was terrified to have you as a roommate. Before college, everyone I knew told me to never room with a friend or someone you have known for a while because it never ends well. Well, I am so happy that everything worked out just fine. I was worried that you were going to judge the hell out of me, which you probably do anyway. I thought we would never get along and fight over the dumbest things, but we didn't. By taking a leap of faith and rooming with someone I have known since my freshman year of high school, I learned that if you go into a situation with a clear head and optimism, things will find a way of working out.
I honestly do not know what I am going to do without you next year. You have set a precedent, my friend. I expect all of my roommates from now on to be as amazing as you are. I mean, who is going to make me Easy-Mac in the middle of the night when I don't feel like getting out of bed? Who is going to make sure I don't die or get arrested after a long night of Blacksburg shenanigans? Who is going to help me make decisions when I'm feeling indecisive, which is 24/7? Where am I going to find another innocent but ratchet individual like you? Most of all, who is going to be my best friend and reassure me that I can continue to press on? You have shown me what true friendship is. It is loving someone without judging them for their wrong doings. It is helping someone out when you know that they are too afraid to ask for it. It is being completely honest to each other and displaying teamwork. I can't imagine how next year is going to be without you. I'll probably call you all the way in Switzerland to ask you what I need to do with me life because we both know I have no idea.
Thinking about all of the crazy adventures we have had over the past nine months makes me want to laugh, but also cry because I know we won't have a chance to do that again for a while. From "borrowing" forks and knives from dining halls because we were too poor to actually buy them to seeing our lives flash before our eyes on 81, I realized how precious and amazing life can be. I can't imagine going through freshman year without you. Where am I going to find another roommate that I can share clothes with or pick on for no reason at all? Probably no where.
You are my best friend, and I want you to know it. These past few days living with you make me realize how blessed I am to call you not only my roommate, but a friend. Thank you for putting up with my craziness. I know I can be a little too much at times, but I am grateful that you have always been there for me. I will always cherish our friendship and our bond. I am writing this because we both know how sensitive I can be. I am not really good with expressing my feelings verbally, so I chose to write them. I know that you think that I'm not going to miss you, but Emmy, I am.
Take over the world in Switzerland and Africa. I know you will do incredible things, and I'll be counting down the days until January.
Love, Summer Elease Lawrence
"Sometimes you'll laugh and sometimes you'll cry. Life never tells us the winds of why. When you've got friends to wish you well, you'll find that point when you will exhale." -Whitney Houston
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