Friendship Though Miles Apart

This past weekend, I took a road trip down to Lacrosse, Wisconsin to visit one of my best friends & old roommate from college. Since graduation, we have taken several trips to see each other. Friendships and girlfriends are so important in life...I am lucky to have met her in school, and thankful for her in my life!

 The distance is not always easy...but any true friendship works and survives.... whether you have the ability to jump in their bed to snuggle at any hour of the day & be roommates, or long-distance friendship where we have to schedule those phone dates and plan ahead for fun weekend trips to visit each other! We've been fortunate to have the experiences of both the situations :)

Here are some of the fun ways we maintain our friendship though miles apart:

-Snail Mail: & if you know me, you know I LOVE getting some real live mail! Holidays, birthdays, letters, you name it, theres a reason to put it in the mailbox and surprise a friend :) 

-Phone calls/text messages at any time of the day: with that said, we are both RNs an sometimes work the overnight shift...days become nights and who knows what time we end up chatting at!

-Taking road trips to visit each other: because who doesn't appreciate some quality time together?! And road trips are good for the soul.

-Facebook. Having her subscribed as a "close friend" via the Facebook setting app allows me to get notified when she posts a new pic, changes her status, and puts any videos up...& you bet I am typically one of the first to 'like' anything :) How else would it be? :)
-Snapchat: sending pics of our daily life throughout the day helps us stay in touch with what we are doing...and of course those silly selfie photos make for a great laugh also! 

-Facebook messaging.  This goes hand in hand with the previous methods of contact...but through Facebook messaging I feel like we use this as our 'email' of sorts...to send each other goofy links, links about life, inspirational quotes, what we are seeing that catches our eye on Pinterest, and any other daily findings... including great DEALS like Caribou's BOGO deals, or freebies that we find! And we do love our free things! :) 

On our Road Trip in Lacrosse!

How do you stay in contact & maintain your long-distance friendships? 

It's the little things in life that mean the most.