The Company You Keep

You are the company you keep. This statement can become increasingly true when your surroundings become a constant cluster of friends in this microcosm we call college. Friends feel like family, roommates become your other half, and sorority sisters seem like real sisters. These are bonds that can be made in just the four short years we are given at this semi-real-life experience we are having. The people you choose to surround yourselves with are the people who will shape your memories. They are the ones you will reunite with in 10 years and say, "Hey remember when we __________?" They are the stories you will tell your kids about. They keep the secrets from your worst nights and tell the tales about your best. They are your inside jokes, your therapists. The ones who will go through the Taco Bell drive through with you at 2am just because "you had a rough day." As I laid in bed earlier tonight, crammed against three of my best friends, all staring at the overly-dramatic and oh-so-addicting latest episode of Gossip Girl, I realized all of these things. Each day we spend together, the closer we get and the more we learn from and love one another. They have become my best friends, my family away from my family. Find yours and cherish them. Your college company will become more than just something you "keep."