Journey of Friendship

Author's Note:  I wrote this piece, because I realized one day how lucky I was to have friends who liked me for who I was.  This piece is about friends and how you may not see it at the moment, but they are always there for you.

Laughter fills the air as a group of little girls head my way.  All of them giggle about the same joke.  Friends are what they are, always sticking together and being there for each other.  There smiles make me remember how my friends and I used to be.  No one who you were or what you did none of that mattered.  You were just friends, because they were always there.

            When you were little you just met someone and they became your best friend.  You didn’t care if they weren’t playing the sports you like or if they were pretty or not.  They were always there for you and nothing else mattered.  It was easy then and sometimes you wish it would always stay that way.  Being the little kid you were before, you would have never thought that your friendship would ever end.  The friends you had were the ones you would keep forever.

            Now, a few years had passed and you realize you don’t see the friends you had too often.  Gradually, the best of friends you once were fades away.  Not that you would notice, because you’re always making new friend along the way.  In every class a new friend is made, maybe even the one you lost.  You may lose one or two but not completely.  The friends that stay are the right ones for you.  Friends come and go, but the best ones stay.

            As you move forward, you realize something.  The one friend you kept through all the years is the best one of them all.  Trustworthy, caring, and helpful are how you describe this friend.  They were the ones that never left you even when you weren’t making the best choices; they stayed at your side and helped you through it.  Through all the times of struggle and despair, they showed you the light that guided you through the path.   This friend showed you the meaning of friendship.

            True friends are the most important people in life.  They are the ones you can count on and tell anything to.  Friends help you realize how brilliant the world can be if you surround yourself with the right people.  Without friendships the world would be a massive war, no love and no peace. 

            The groups of girls, still giggling, skip past me as the happiest smile of joy spreads across their faces.  All of them seem as they went off to the same happy place without a care in the world.  They all have the same hysterical thoughts.  I can tell by the bond they have that this is a friendship that lasts.