Friend

What kind of person would you define as a TRUE friend? People who you’ve grown up with? Who love you? People who care about you? People who do things for you, listen to you, keep your secrets? What if they hurt you a little? Would you forgive them and still consider them as a true friend? Most likely yes huh? What if they hurt you a lot, but they seek forgiveness and you do forgive them..? Would you still consider them a true friend? That one is kind of hard for me. I can’t decide whether to let myself back in or not..or trust them as much..it’s kind of sad, but that’s just me.



Well, to me a true friend is someone who knows everything about you- the good, the bad, the pretty, and the ugly- but still loves you the same. It’s someone I am completely comfortable around, and I can be my true self with. I can be a total dork with them, tell my deepest secrets to them, break down and cry with them, vent out to them, have inside jokes with.. They are the people I can: call in the middle of the night when I’m crying and need somebody, be on the floor cackling like old ladies until we can’t breathe, sing like a broken cassette with, dance “like David danced” (minus a few things :O ahaa =P), borrow clothes with and not give them back for a few weeks (or months), share that “glancing moment” with and know exactly what they’re thinking of, look at in the middle of class and start laughing with, and accidentally spit on them while I’m talking. I can do all that with them without ever worrying what they think of me because I KNOW that they still love me the same, and they don’t think of me any different. These are the people I want to have as my closest friends for the rest of my life. They are my support system, my “shoulders,” my “rocks,” my brothers and sisters in Christ, and the best people on earth. I’m grateful for them, and I love them very much more than words can express.

Some of them, I barely talk to now, but you know what? When we DO talk, it’s like nothing has changed. We’re still the same people we were since the last time that we were together/talked. And it’s just a great feeling. I was looking at old pictures, yearbooks, letters, and everything and it made me realize how blessed I am to have and have had such great friends. To the ones I have drifted apart from, I am still glad that we shared those moments and many other things- I would never take it back. Thank you for being there, when you were there. So, just take a moment to think and be thankful about who has been there for you and who you have shared the best memories with…It might make you smile, it might make you sad, or it might even make you laugh out loud. People come and go in your life, and we gotta learn that even though it’s one of the hardest things to learn and accept. I, myself have learned many times to do this. Although it’s not one of the most fun things you can do, it’s an important step in growing up. But remember to always cherish your friends no matter what. Be thankful for the memories and don’t let go of them. Let go of regrets and remember everything always happens for a reason. =]


-KAT :D