Together we could take on the world. There was nothing we couldn't do. That's how we felt that summer. The summer before our lives changed completely. At the risk of sounding like a Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants novel, it's true. I don't think any of us could have guessed where we'd be in 4 years: Anna studying to be a teacher and soon to be married, Mary got a degree in culinary arts and is married with 3 stepchildren, Jackie studying Interior Design at ISU and interning at Shelter last summer, and me, Ayla, studying German Studies and English and interning at New Moon Girls, patiently awaiting my own engagement and subsequent wedding. It is so fascinating and amazing to see how far we've all come since that summer. We're not the graduated high school seniors we once were; we've grown, we've changed, we've learned, and we've aged. We've stuck together, but moved apart. There's STILL nothing we can't do, especially when we have each other.
I'd like to take this moment, this night, to thank my friends, the ones mentioned here and all the others, for all they've done to keep me sane throughout my life. I really wouldn't be who I am today, where I am today, without you all. You've all helped change me--we've all changed each other. We've grown up together and helped each other through everything, and I mean EVERYTHING. I can only hope that our lives won't take us farther and farther apart. Because I need you. And couldn't live without you.
Peace, love, and all things friendly,
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