"Goodnight Not Goodbye"

Kim was the tall one
A Billy Joel freak
Gilmore Girl gossip
And
THE
Beer pong champion of the world

Allison was the baseball babe
A real Disney fanatic with a sweet tooth for trivia
She always wore her hair up
She was the rock.

Danielle liked to party
Maybe a little too much
But she always brought us a little bit of crazy
You never knew what you were gonna get

And me, well, I’m the girl next door
The teen soap star
With a bleeding heart (and a poetry book in hand)
I always knew what to say when someone was down…

The four of us, came together by circumstance
Living on the same floor, freshman year (well almost)
I lived on the 9th and they lived on the 5th
But let’s just say I lived on the 5th

We played trivia games, and complained about boys while learning the rules of college
Threw up, grew up and pushed each other in and out of our  lives
But in the end, senior year
We four girls are still here,
Standing side by side on graduation day….
Totally different people from the lanky shy sillies we were four years ago…

But better

I now like to party (not just with boys)
Kimberly loves literature along with sports, (who knew)
Allison wears her hair down sometimes…
And Danielle knows how to relax….

In four weeks we will walk on to the stage…as four connected individuals
Connected by: heartache, tough lessons and friendship
The laughter we share, at 8pm in the chili’s bar
Or the tears we’ll cry together that last Friday night before leaving here…
Will connect us for life
Because we’ll know from that day forward…there are three people out there who made us stronger, happier individuals…

And I’m so grateful for that