A Friend Is...
Where would we be without our friendships? We'd probably still be in that hole that we wanted to crawl into when we felt really bad, but didn't because our friend told us not to. Friends are the most important things in the world. Some people think it's sports, or smarts, or money, or other materialistic comforts. But they're wrong. They may not know it yet, but they are. What's going to comfort you when your mom dies? What's going to let you cry when you go through your first breakup? Money isn't going to get you through those hard times friends are.
Friendship is what happens when it's your first day at school and you're afraid to talk to anybody, but then that one person talks to you and all you say in the first few conversations is, "Me, too!" or "I can't believe that happened to you, too!" Friendship is what gets you through all the third grade boys making fun of you. It's going to each other's houses when you're still in your pj's, and opening up the fridge because you know where the orange juice will be.
Friendship is staying on the phone talking about nothing or singing to songs for hours, and then calling each other right back after dinner to "talk." Friendship is about pushing the humor and rules further than the ordinary person could, but not going too far. It's what makes you happy after being out sick from school all day, because your friend calls right when she gets home worried sick about you.
Friendship is not jealousy, or envy. It's when you don't long for what your friend has, because you know that whatever she has is yours to share. You support your friends and their talents, and never make fun of them. Friendship is not being in the limelight all the time.
Friendship is what gets you through running miles, endless crunches and push-ups you have to do at practice, because she tells you it'll be worth it when the time comes for the game. And she's right, it is. It's covering for each other at work, because you just had to go to that once in a lifetime concert, or your boyfriend just got back from college and you haven't seen him in two months.
Friendship is studying for finals together, and getting home in time for curfew when the other one doesn't even have one. Friendship is going to see them in their first musical, when you have hours of homework to do. And it's giving up your Sunday to watch their first meet. It's being able to call when you've forgotten your physics lab paper at school and your report is due the next day. Friendship is buying a carnation for your friend, because you ended up with the valentine you wanted, and she didn't.
Friendship is studying for the SATs together. It's then calming each other's nerves as you wait to take them. Friendship is what helps you decide which college to go for the one you've been dreaming of your whole life, or the one you can afford. Friendship is opening for your friend that incredibly thin, deathly white envelope that holds the key to her future. Friendship is helping each other pack for college, coming across old albums and spending four hours crying and laughing over all the memories instead of actually packing.
Friendship is calling each other after the first week of college, because you miss high school and there's this really freaky teacher you have, that you wish she could see. It's getting through the time period where she's never home, and never returns your phone calls, either because she's swamped with schoolwork, or her answering machine really isn't working. Friendship is taking time out, once school has calmed down a little, just to chat and catch up. It's being able to call, after not talking for months, to cry on her shoulder because you just caught your boyfriend cheating on you.
Friendship lives through wars, diseases, deaths, debts, and ordinary bad days. But that's not all it goes through. It goes through birthdays and parties, making the Dean's List, making the team, vacations, and significant others. Friendship lets you crash and burn when you have to, and always tells you to reach for the stars. It is there when no one else is. Some people think that it is the movies, TV, radio, or books that brings color to life. But they're wrong. Only friendship can show you the rainbow when it's raining, and the sun when everything else is just a blur.
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