Keeping in touch with people is a huge part of our world today. A quick text is not enough, we must be deliberate about our relationships. Staying consistent is huge. Follow through with your commitments. Be brave and take the necessary steps to have a good long distance and you will be thankful to yourself later. My best friend told me some thing very true and inspirational, she said that "the closest friends are the ones who move away." If you think about it this is very true. When you or a friend move and you are forced to be deliberate with your friendship it will grow stronger than it ever could have when you still lived close to each other. This can be true with pen-pals too,you may never actually meet each other but you will have a lasting bond because you kept in touch. Here are some things I have learned from over three and a half years of consistent long distance friendships. - Sometimes persistence is what it takes to get things going. Be regular, write or call o...