.: best friends means friends forever :.
I am reading through my old journal entries, to see how much I've changed and whatnot, and I came across one where I quoted AIM conversations with my friends:
Kris: you know what we should do?
Me: what should we do?
Kris: is send each other money in the mail.
Kris: you know, so every now and then you just get money in the mail.
Me: kris your brilliance never ceases to amaze me.
Kris: i got my hair cut today, and they were watching national geographic, and i got to see a buffalo drown to death.
Kris: in freezing cold water, is my point.
Kris: no, wait, i have no point
Me: yeah.....i didn't see that one really going anywhere
I really really miss Kris.
It's funny how you evolve so much in your life, and how much of a reflection your friends are of that evolution.
My first best friend ever was my neighbor Dustin Cmerek. He was a year younger than me, and we always beat up his older brother Shane and played lots of basketball in my backyard.
When I was 6 years old friendship meant playing in the street, basketball, and eating ice cream after chasing the ice cream man down for 2 blocks.
After I started making friends in school, my next best friend was Alisha David. We met in the First Grade and were inseparable for the next six years or so. We did everything together right down to our extracurricular activities. Student Counsel representatives, pep squad, cheerleaders, Duck STARS ("stars" stood for something, can't remember what now though), and class representatives. Middle school was our "break up" point. We never quit being friends, but we were just never that close again.
When I was 12 years old friendship meant sleepovers, talking about boys, doing EVERYTHING together, and gossiping about people that you assumed must be jealous of your friendship and popularity.
From Seventh Grade to Senior Year (and still somewhat today): Justin Graef. He was one of the best friends I made during high school and I still consider myself lucky to be a friend of his. We were on the same Odyssey of the Mind team until our Sophomore Year and we had many sleepovers where we pretended to work on our skit but actually just sat around and ate pizza and drank Dr. Pepper. After that we had pretty much matching class schedules. Our Senior Year we had an ad together in the football program at our school (he played football) that said "For Six He's Played the Game While She's Cheered Him On". We used to skip Mallard and get Dr. Peppers from Sonic and drive around in his truck and just talk about nothing. I miss times like that.
Around the Eighth Grade I acquired a new kind of best friend. I was one of those people that floated between groups. I never just had one clique to be in. Emily Johnson threw me into a new kind of group. She is an amazing person with a pure and loving heart and a wonderful personality. She was the daughter of the new minister at the Baptist church. She got me involved in church activities and youth groups. I went to Scotland with her when we were 16. She is still a part of my life. I love her dearly and cherish her friendship.
When I was 15 friendship meant having someone like you that likes you for you, nothing more and definitely nothing less. It meant having that rock a friend that no matter what was going on or what time of the day it was you could turn to and they would be there, no questions asked. When I was 15 I found out the meaning of true friendship.
After high school and moving out of Taylor and into Austin, in the midst of trying to find myself in some way, a person who found me and helped me find myself is Justin. He is still a big part of my life, even if I don't get to see him nearly as much as I used to or as much as I would like to. He means so much to me, but I don't think I could ever express it fully in any way.
When I was 19 friendship meant exactly what it did when I was 15. Who would have thought that I got it right so long ago, but still kept looking for it like crazy?
Justin and I drifted apart for a while and at that point was when I met Gwen and Kris (quoted above). I thought they were my best friends. I loved them both dearly. But now it seems I was almost just another acquaintance in their messed up lives that was dragged into their soap opera drama. I got out of it and luckily wasn't a reoccurring character on their show anymore, but I was there for over a year. I do miss them sometimes, but when I think back to how things were, I realize it's for the better that I am no longer a part of that. I didn't have time for my own life because they had me so wrapped into theirs. The best thing to come out of that was that I can look back at it and see it for what it was, and that too helped shape me and make me stronger.
I love making new friends, but keeping the old ones is the truest test of a real best friend, it can sometimes be hard, but no matter what, you are there.
Kris: you know what we should do?
Me: what should we do?
Kris: is send each other money in the mail.
Kris: you know, so every now and then you just get money in the mail.
Me: kris your brilliance never ceases to amaze me.
Kris: i got my hair cut today, and they were watching national geographic, and i got to see a buffalo drown to death.
Kris: in freezing cold water, is my point.
Kris: no, wait, i have no point
Me: yeah.....i didn't see that one really going anywhere
I really really miss Kris.
It's funny how you evolve so much in your life, and how much of a reflection your friends are of that evolution.
My first best friend ever was my neighbor Dustin Cmerek. He was a year younger than me, and we always beat up his older brother Shane and played lots of basketball in my backyard.
When I was 6 years old friendship meant playing in the street, basketball, and eating ice cream after chasing the ice cream man down for 2 blocks.
After I started making friends in school, my next best friend was Alisha David. We met in the First Grade and were inseparable for the next six years or so. We did everything together right down to our extracurricular activities. Student Counsel representatives, pep squad, cheerleaders, Duck STARS ("stars" stood for something, can't remember what now though), and class representatives. Middle school was our "break up" point. We never quit being friends, but we were just never that close again.
When I was 12 years old friendship meant sleepovers, talking about boys, doing EVERYTHING together, and gossiping about people that you assumed must be jealous of your friendship and popularity.
From Seventh Grade to Senior Year (and still somewhat today): Justin Graef. He was one of the best friends I made during high school and I still consider myself lucky to be a friend of his. We were on the same Odyssey of the Mind team until our Sophomore Year and we had many sleepovers where we pretended to work on our skit but actually just sat around and ate pizza and drank Dr. Pepper. After that we had pretty much matching class schedules. Our Senior Year we had an ad together in the football program at our school (he played football) that said "For Six He's Played the Game While She's Cheered Him On". We used to skip Mallard and get Dr. Peppers from Sonic and drive around in his truck and just talk about nothing. I miss times like that.
Around the Eighth Grade I acquired a new kind of best friend. I was one of those people that floated between groups. I never just had one clique to be in. Emily Johnson threw me into a new kind of group. She is an amazing person with a pure and loving heart and a wonderful personality. She was the daughter of the new minister at the Baptist church. She got me involved in church activities and youth groups. I went to Scotland with her when we were 16. She is still a part of my life. I love her dearly and cherish her friendship.
When I was 15 friendship meant having someone like you that likes you for you, nothing more and definitely nothing less. It meant having that rock a friend that no matter what was going on or what time of the day it was you could turn to and they would be there, no questions asked. When I was 15 I found out the meaning of true friendship.
After high school and moving out of Taylor and into Austin, in the midst of trying to find myself in some way, a person who found me and helped me find myself is Justin. He is still a big part of my life, even if I don't get to see him nearly as much as I used to or as much as I would like to. He means so much to me, but I don't think I could ever express it fully in any way.
When I was 19 friendship meant exactly what it did when I was 15. Who would have thought that I got it right so long ago, but still kept looking for it like crazy?
Justin and I drifted apart for a while and at that point was when I met Gwen and Kris (quoted above). I thought they were my best friends. I loved them both dearly. But now it seems I was almost just another acquaintance in their messed up lives that was dragged into their soap opera drama. I got out of it and luckily wasn't a reoccurring character on their show anymore, but I was there for over a year. I do miss them sometimes, but when I think back to how things were, I realize it's for the better that I am no longer a part of that. I didn't have time for my own life because they had me so wrapped into theirs. The best thing to come out of that was that I can look back at it and see it for what it was, and that too helped shape me and make me stronger.
I love making new friends, but keeping the old ones is the truest test of a real best friend, it can sometimes be hard, but no matter what, you are there.