To my senior

thank you for being you🌻

As we grow older, we form connections, lose some, unfriend others, and sometimes even go through phases of completely ghosting people or trying to be close to them. Our effort to make connections is essential for navigating life in this world. When we do find a few valuable relationships, we often stop looking for new ones. However, if those connections fade, we either seek out new ones or they come into our lives naturally.

Going to college is a unique experience. For someone like me, it has been sophisticated, wacky, odd, peculiar, and bizarre, but I still decided to go. It’s funny how time flies; I’m already in my second year and have created good memories, bad memories, and some odd ones to look back on. However, the one memory I always cherish is of a person I can never forget—my senior. I usually don’t write personally about people, but this time, it is coming from my heart.

I have a lot to write, but I’m unsure where to start. One day, I randomly met her. She was, as always, smiling, kind, and helping others, and never said no to anyone. I remember the debate competition where I was on her team, and from that day, I knew we would be inseparable.

Participating in college activities and having heart-to-heart conversations made me feel a strong connection with her. I felt like there was someone who would always stand by me. We talked, and soon everyone in college knew that wherever I was, she would be there too. The people who remind you that it’s not always your fault and that others share the blame are truly special. They see the goodness in you, answer your calls no matter what, and create a deep connection. They make you feel warm and understood. I recognized these qualities in her and realized I had found someone who would be there for me.

This is literally us/ via Pinterest.

She brings out the best in me. I told her about my fears, and she taught me how to confront them. I’ve always been the kind of person who struggles to connect easily—I’m rigid, hesitant to trust quickly, and indifferent towards others. But she offered me her support when I needed it most. She encouraged me to relax and stood up for me. She laughed when I laughed and convinced me to pursue good things. She made sure to clap loudly when I spoke during a debate competition. I truly realized that I had found a treasure.

Her personality, her aura, and her presence with me during college were all I needed on days when I didn’t have a great time at home. She understood my emotions, pointed out my mistakes in a kind way, and ensured I became the best version of myself. Recently, while my playlist was on shuffle, I unexpectedly heard the lyrics, “But I won’t feel blue, like I always do, ’cause somewhere in the crowd, that’s you.” What more signs do I need? She’s truly an angel.

Whenever someone asks me about my favorite memory from college, I will always say it was entering the college together, wandering the campus, making her wait patiently while I talked to professors, discussing life with her, and leaving college side by side. Those moments are precious to me, and I know I will always cherish this memory.

The friendship I hoped to find in college has become a reality, and I will always be grateful for it. I admire the way she expresses herself so politely and her infectious laughter as she embraces every aspect of life. She makes everyone around her feel secure and faces her fears with courage. I know she’s amazing, but what makes her truly special is that she is “flawsome”—her flaws only add to her awesomeness.

Today, she did something really sweet—she asked her professors and friends to write a note in her diary that she could treasure forever. (first of all, how cute is that? I know I could never pull something like this off!) She asked me to write, and I was unsure of what to write. But when I got home and went to my Zumba class, it all came to my mind: everything we had done together over the past year and the current year. Now that I’ve opened my laptop, I can’t stop writing.

So, to all the people who are reading this, I hope you get someone who makes you feel beautiful and that you exist if I had it in my hand trust me I would have made 1000 copies of my senior and distributed it but I can’t. Let bad people go or the people with whom you feel stuck move out of it, there are kind people, there are people who will make you feel good, and if you never had one, love yourself- but most importantly feel loved, because it is beautiful, I was in 8th grade when my teacher asked me does love comes naturally or hatred? And I said to her, ‘Hatred will never overpower love that’s all I know.’ that is true for me even now. If no one can love you, love yourself, and if you have someone who does good for you, treasure them, make them feel loved, and make them feel that they are important because gatekeeping is such a 2016 thing🤭

To my senior, the person for whom I wrote this and the inspiration behind this post, thank you. You mean so much to me. I may not have written a letter for you in college, so here is a digital letter just for you. Hehehe 😝. This is one of the most spontaneous and heartfelt posts I’ve ever written. BIG thank you for reading and have a lovely relaxing weekend, while I study history now Bye.