Friendship

Wow its been a long time since any of us have made a post, we have seriously been slacking. Fortunately, that slack has a reason, and its called winter break. Winter break means that we all get to see each other for a month before we all go back to school. Friends, and especially friendship, are something that I have always valued. I have had the same 3 best friends since kindergarten (one since pre-k) and I have gained a few more really close friends while going off to college. Speaking of college, I have to say that I am very proud of Nicole, Krista, and myself. One would think that being away (and so far away) from each other when we have grown accustom to seeing each other every day during the school year would be hard on our friendship. I’m not saying that it has its drawbacks (for instance I had to call Krista one night because I couldn’t drive to her for a shoulder to cry on) but in a way our friendship is just as strong, possibly stronger, than ever. Since we are used to spending so much time together and that is no longer an option, we make the most out of our time together. One day, we decided to devote the entire day to having fun, just us. That day consisted of lunch, shopping, laser tagging and ice-skating, and all in all it was a supremely epic day.

Unfortunately, the first one of us leaves to go back to school tomorrow, and I leave the day after. In a way this is sad, leaving my two best friends who are more like sisters to me, but it’s also a good thing that we have separate lives for once. My third best friend has a life now that is very separate from the one she used to live, as a few months ago she moved across the country to live with her boyfriend and his family. She is also expecting her second child sometime this summer. It is hard having her out there instead of right here, where I think she belongs. She has been my best friend the longest, we lived right down the street and whenever one of us had a problem (her more often than me), we were always there for each other. I actually got a call from her today, she opened the call telling me that I am her best, truest, and as far as she feels, her only friend. Now I know that sounds sad but she has been through a lot and I am the only friend that has not abandoned or judged her in some way. I am going to be godmother to her son and I cannot wait until he is born this summer and I will be able to see him for the first time and my best friend again.

I am very excited to be going back to school as I miss my friends there. Even though I go to a school where most people live locally enough to go home on the weekends, my friends and I enjoy staying and spending time with each other. Since my college friends and I live far apart, we all traveled down to central Jersey for a day/night to our one friends house just so that we could see each other over break. I learned something very important after that, I had expected this gathering to be slightly awkward since we had not all been together for three weeks, but it was completely normal, and that showed me that I had found some people that are true friends.

True friends, what does that mean? To me it means that you can be apart for so long and still be able to just pick up right where you left off, nothing changes.