Ode to a Best Friend: Friends Through Thick and Thin

Part 1

In a lifetime one meets and forms bonds with quite an eclectic group of people. You may even be lucky enough to have several best friends throughout many years. But for some, friends are somewhat disposable as we grow older. I on the other hand have been abundantly blessed with a best friend that the word amazing is just not sufficient enough for. 

We met in the 3^rd grade through another friend one day after school and quickly clicked. Ironically enough we actually lived right down the street from one another. Through the years we have become more than friends, we are like family. Even though we didn’t always go to the same school, or live in the same town we always stayed friends. Connected at the somewhat sappy heart and overly witty sarcastic mind, we just couldn’t be separated. Today, over 12 years later we are still two peas in a pod. 

When it comes to true friends no disagreement, distance, or length of time will weather a real friendship. My best friend is a testament to all of that. We met just after I became sick, and through all the years of doctors and me being sick, she was always there. I think it is safe to say she is the only person that would come visit you in the hospital on your birthday, throw you a surprise party in your hospital room, and make you a play-doh cupcake because you can’t eat real cake! That’s a true friend right there! 

She has an amazing understanding of my situation and doesn’t judge or put me down because I can’t do all the things that other people my age can. Plus the fact that she is willing to drive an hour to come visit me, sometimes to just sit and talk to me says just how great she is. Most ‘friends’ wouldn’t go through the hassle of lugging a wheelchair in and out of a car and pushing me through a store, but her, she does it without saying a word. She is the one person that gets me being sick and doesn’t make me feel bad. She knows the sickness but she also knows me and never forgets that those are two different things! To say thank you for her friendship would never be enough.

So when you are having a down day in the dark always look toward your friends to lend you a shining star!