{"id":3766,"date":"2022-07-12T13:27:26","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:27:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/theclassofcovid19\/?p=3766"},"modified":"2022-07-12T13:27:26","modified_gmt":"2022-07-12T17:27:26","slug":"dylan-de-leon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ramapo.edu\/theclassofcovid19\/dylan-de-leon\/","title":{"rendered":"Dylan de Leon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I remember looking at my phone and seeing a notification from Snapchat. V sent a snap. Confused, I opened the text. \u201cWe should become best friends,\u201d it read. Although I was confused, I said yes because the overwhelming feeling of loneliness from quarantine was so powerful. I had hoped that this friendship would get me out of the feeling of being alone.<\/p>\n<p>Soon enough, we were Facetiming and talking every day. My parents were still strict with COVID rules so seeing V. was hard. Now V was moving 40 minutes away. It felt as if I was going to lose my best friend.However, V and I became closer than ever when she moved to her new town. Our favorite hang out spot was in her new town: Boonton at the Bombers football games. Our bond only grew stronger. I can\u2019t even imagine a life without her as my best friend.<\/p>\n<p>I decided I had to write her a letter because we had a week of arguments. I printed the letter and took it to her house the weekend I was sleeping over for my birthday. V and I went into her bedroom alone and she read the letter. I poured my heart out. The last sentence I wrote was \u201cYou. Are. My. Home.\u201d Those words are the most honest words that I have ever written. As V finished reading the letter, she stood up and gave me a hug. I will never forget this hug.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI love you so much Dylan. I can\u2019t imagine my life without you. I am not ever going to leave,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Having a home doesn\u2019t always mean having a roof over your head. 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