My name is Amanda and I met Micah at Syracuse University. Tori introduced us during my last year of school and we have been friends since! I am originally from Houston and moved back here after graduation, but Micah has been a constant friend in my life regardless. 

I have seen plenty of friendships fizzle out with distance and our busy lives, but Micah has done such an incredible job ensuring that our friendship stays strong. We talk everyday – whether on the phone or through text – about what we have going on for the day, funny things that make us laugh and self-care challenges that we are working on. Every week we talk about our highs and lows and challenges – essentially we talk about something (or a few things) that were really great from the previous week, then something that was hard or unpleasant and we end with something that we are challenging ourselves to work on for the upcoming week. This sounds very simple, but it is one of my favorite parts of the week.  

I think that everyone is always so busy and that causes our friendships (especially long distance friendships) to become surface level. But my friendship with Micah is probably one of the most genuine friendships I have.

–Amanda Caffey