My friends are very special to me. I know everyone talks about their friends being the best and how they couldn't live without their friends and so this post will probably be teeming with corny cliches but I don't care...(please excuse my run-on. I don't feel like editing)
When I was younger I had a really hard time making friends. I was shy and introverted, talking to people I didn't knew scared me. So consequently, I didn't have a whole lot of friends as a little kid. My sister, on the other hand, was a social butterfly and always seemed to have a lot of friends, so I would hang around her and called her friends mine. This worked out for a little while, but I slowly grew tired of having no real friends of my own. But I wasn't frustrated enough to do anything about it. I moved to Texas when I was in eighth grade and when my sister started making friends, I did what I always did. I became the third wheel and called her friends mine. After a while, I got completely fed up with this and realized I didn't have any real friends--my sister's friends liked me only because I was my older sister's younger sister so they felt obligated to me nice to me. I was upset and missing my old house and I essentially gave up on the thought of ever having a best friend, or any real friend for that matter.
I was homeschooled up until eighth grade, but when I hit high school I went to a small private academy. The first day I walked, late of course, into my biology class and sat in the desk nearest to the door. The next day I came back and a girl with a huge smile and, as I would come to learn later, an even bigger heart asked if she could sit by me. We would learn later that we had both been going through the same thing. We both felt friendless and each of us was an answer to prayer. She'd been praying for a best friend and I had been too. So she was my first best friend. I love her so much, she had been there for me so many times. We've laughed together, cried together, prayed together, and I think all those years (and I know in hindsight, they won't seem like that long a time, but for right now they do) that I spent being upset over not having any friends were worth waiting for this friendship.
God has blessed me with countless other friends. Some I've met at school, some in choir, and other places. I could write long posts about each and every one of them and how God has blessed me with their friendship. What I love most about my friends is that I didn't have to change who I was to be their friend. I always thought that in order to be friends, you had to be outgoing like my sister. But what's so amazing is that I can be my quiet, shy, quirky self and my friends love me anyway. I am so blessed to have all my friends and words cannot describe just how big that blessing is.
•Day 01- A recent picture of you and 15 interesting facts about yourself
•Day 02- The meaning behind your Blogger name
•Day 03- A picture of you and your friends
•Day 04- A habit that you wish you didn’t have
•Day 05- A picture of somewhere you’ve been to
•Day 06- Favorite super hero and why
•Day 07- A picture of someone/something that has the biggest impact on you
•Day 08- Short term goals for this month and why
•Day 09- Something you’re proud of in the past few days
•Day 10- Songs you listen to when you are Happy, Sad, Bored, Hyped, Mad
•Day 11- Another picture of you and your friends
•Day 12- How you found out about Blogger and why you made one
•Day 13- A letter to someone who has hurt you recently
•Day 14- A picture of you and your family
•Day 15- Put your iPod on shuffle: First 10 songs that play
Day 16- Another picture of yourself (baby pic!)•Day 17- Someone you would want toswitch lives with for one day and why
•Day 18- Plans/dreams/goals you have•Day 19- Nicknames you have; why do you have them•Day 20- Someone you see yourself marrying/being with in the future•Day 21- A picture of something that makes you happy•Day 22- What makes you different from everyone else•Day 23- Something you crave for a lot•Day 24- Your favorite place to think•Day 25- What I would find in your bag•Day 26- What you think about your friends
•Day 27- Why are you doing this 30 day challenge
•Day 28- A picture of you last year and now, how have you changed since then?
•Day 29- In this past month, what have you learned
•Day 30- Who are you?
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