My entire life I’ve always had amazing friends. We’ve done everything together, told each other confidential secrets, and even consider ourselves part of each other’s families. I can, without a doubt, say that I have been blessed when it comes to having people to rely on. But it wasn’t until this morning when I woke up next to my best friend with blood dripping down her knee, a bruised chin and arguably broken nose that I became overwhelmed with just how important she is to me.
As much as I want to leave that out of context because it’s funnier to guess as to how she “literally died” last night, the details are kind of essential to this article. After finding myself in a less than ideal situation where I was on the brink of tears, I had texted her telling her how upset I was. Not even five minutes later, I hear her shouting my name outside of the window. She had sprinted to come and get me, in probably what is equivalent to Olympic running time. This alone makes me feel eternally grateful for finding someone like her in my life. But what’s more, when I go outside, I see that the entire lower half of her face is bruised, her nose is bleeding, and she’s limping. This girl had literally face-planted over the cement after running to come and get me, and still found it in herself to comfort me the entire walk home.
I have to admit that I’m laughing as I write this, and I will probably laugh about this for the rest of my life, but that doesn’t mean there’s anything about what she did that I don’t fully appreciate. And I can proudly say that this is not the first time she’s saved me from a situation, because that’s what truly loyal best friends do.
Having loyal best friends isn’t just about putting them over boys, or having someone to help you get home at the end of the night. While these definitely are important, I’ve found that the people who make me feel thankful to be alive another day just because it means I get to talk to them are the ones who are literally always there for me; the ones who I know I can say anything to because they won’t judge me, the ones who I immediately go to for advice on any situation because I trust them to make decisions for me more than I do myself, and of course, the ones who wipe out and have to have a swollen lip for the rest of the week just because I was having boy troubles.
The best part is I know I don’t even have to tell them all the time how I feel. And I know this article won’t even come close to doing my friendships justice. But writing is how I express myself, and I could write a million novels on all the stories we’ve shared and all the situations we’ve endured together. But for now, I’ll stick with telling you that you are the most important people in my life and nothing does or ever will compare to you beautiful people.
