It has been a week since I graduated college and just a few days since you walked across the stage. I can't believe that you and I are now college graduates. To be honest, there were a few times that I didn't think we would actually do it. After all of our late nights talking, white cheddar popcorn runs and being lazy, I couldn't have asked for a better friend to finish out college with. It has been hard with you in East Texas, but we have somehow managed to stay friends through it all.
God knew you needed to be in Stephenville all those years ago so that we could meet our second semester of freshman year. I didn't know that I would be telling you my life story just a few nights later. To you taking an ice bath because you didn't stretch enough before practicing for twirler tryouts. Even though you didn't make the twirling team, I can remember the relief that you and I both had once you were done. As we move into the official adult portion of our lives, I can say that we definitely aren't ready to become adults, but at least we can do it together.
Friendships come and go, that's a fact of life. It's those types of friendships that through all of the ups and downs nothing has ever really changed. God allowed those people to come into your life, and even if it was for a short amount of time, it still made an impact. It could have been a lesson that you needed to learn within the friendship, or even something specific about yourself. Every friendship is going to be different than the last, and sometimes you know that some friendships are going to be temporary. I truly believe that the people in my life who made me grow the most in my faith, personal life and how I was going to handle the next friendship. Depending on how the last friendship ended would soon depend on how I would accept the next one.
To be honest, I have never been great at keeping friends. That doesn't mean that I am a bad person or just don't like people. It means that I am the type of friend that will give you all that I have until I can't anymore. I am thankful for the people that God has placed in my life because they have shaped me into who I am today. As the world continues to change, so will it's people. I challenge you to find those people who you are closest with now and thank them for who they are and what they are teaching you. You might not know what lesson they are teaching you now, but I hope you will find out soon. Allow yourself to grow within these friendships, because they are growing just as much as you are.
