June 8th is National Best Friends Day. As can be said for any holiday or observance, the people being honored should be appreciated everyday, not just one day out the year. While this is certainly true, I think it is important to have a day designated specifically for friendship. Friends, however cheesy the saying is, are the family that we choose. I have experienced the highs and lows of making new friends as well as mostly just the lows of feeling like I have no friends. Throughout the journey, I have realized how important of a role my best friends play in my life. From remaining close to some friends and growing distant from others, I have come to realize how amazing my friends in my life are. They are my support system, my confidences, my partners in crime. My best friends are the ones I can be most myself around because I know they will not judge. Even though I know all this to be true, I do not always tell my friends just how much I love them. This is why I believe National Best Friends Day to be significant. In honor of this day, I have written a poem as a tribute to my best friends.

Make me smile,

Make me laugh,

That’s just who you are.

Always bring a joyful face;

Happiness is ours.

I can always count on you

to lift me up when I’m down.

That’s why I just want to say,

I’m glad when you’re around!

Above all, I want to say thank you. The hard times are made easier and the normal times brighter with my best friends by my side. My life would be incomplete without them.