We have all been there. We get so busy that we forget about the art show or the party that our friend asked us to be at months ago. We can leave now and be late or we can not go at all and lie to our friend and say that something came up...which do you choose? If you consider yourself a friend at all I hope you choose to go to the event even though you will be late.

Being a friend means supporting your group however you can. From art shows to baseball games, birthday parties, and random family functions, being a friend to someone means you will attend these events no questions asked and you make every effort to be there with a smile on your face. Showing up for your friends will mean the world to them. I guarantee it. So many times do people have a group of friends that they invite to an event and one person shows up. How do you think it makes that person feel to have so few people show up to support them? Well, that feeling isn't great. Would you want to be in that situation? I don't think so. And eventually it will mean the world to you too. You could end up having the time of your life at an event you had planned on skipping.

In today's culture, social media tells all. Don't be that friend that posts to your snapchat or Instagram story but won't take two seconds out of your day to text someone back. Too often are we finding ourselves seeing the answers to our text messages on social media. Bring back the art of communication and send a reply--don't make them wait hours and hours for a response. We're all adults here, we know that we are all looking at our phones allllll the time, there's no excuse for not replying. Reaching out to friends on social media is cool, likes on an Instagram post sre cool, but what is even cooler is reaching out to a friend, making plans, and showing up for those plans.

So next time a friend asks you to do something, reply to their text and show up to do it. Make plans now because you never know when the time will come when you can't make those plans any longer.