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This Is What It Feels Like

Gabrielle Martin Student Contributor, St. Bonaventure University
This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at SBU chapter and does not reflect the views of Her Campus.

As we are approaching the last couple of weeks at St. Bonaventure University, until the fall, I have realized that I truly have found home in this place.

The thought of in a few short weeks realizing that my freshman year is ending is a scary thought. I have found such peace and happiness with the little life I get to live with my best friends on the daily basis. My biggest realization from this is I have entered the time period of life where your friends become your family. My friends I have found in this place have come to be one of the best parts of my life.

The one thing that people tell you before you go to college is that you are going to find “your people”. I never knew what this meant until I came to St. Bonaventure. I have always been an outgoing social person, but I was still terrified of the thought of not finding people who I want to surround myself with. Within the first two weeks, I found the people that I have the privilege of living everyday with. I can finally be the version of myself I have always wanted to be around these people. I have so much love for this group of human beings.

As the year has gone by these people have become the people I rely on. If I have a problem now instead of calling my parents, I will go to one of their rooms and talk to them about it. Don’t get me wrong I love my parents but these people know so much more about me than I think anyone has in my entire life. I always kept a majority of my life very personal to myself and seperate from my friends in the past, but this group of people knows me even better than myself.

These people are exactly the reason I do not want to leave St. Bonaventure. Of course we will see each other over the summer, and a majority of us are living together next year but, I will always have so much love for the freshman year that we got to experience together.

Next year will probably be even better, but this year will always have a place in my heart for the people that I have gotten to spend this entire year with.

P.S. Kayla, Kymora, and Kylie I love you all more than you will ever know :)

Gabrielle Martin

SBU '27

Gabby Martin is a junior writer for HerCampus. This is her third year writing for this organization. She writes about her emotions and current life situations while also talking about mental wellbeing and self care.

Outside of HerCampus she is an Educational Studies major. She also participates in the BEA and Psychology Club. Her last two years writing for HerCampus brought her so much happiness that she cannot wait to embark on another amazing year with this chapter.

She is from Caledonia, New York which is about 30 minutes outside of Rochester. In her free time she's love to spend time with her friends going out to eat or going on walks. She love reality tv shows as well as cheesy romantic comedies. Her favorite food is bagels and she drinks a coffee every single morning when she wakes up. Her main goal in life is to have an imprint on someone's life or have a positive influence on the choices they make in life. She's a girl who definitely makes a ton of mistakes and tries to help others not make the same ones.