Friends are hard to come by, or should I say GOOD friends are hard to find. It is easy to meet people that you can just walk to the class with or text to on the phone, but it is hard to find someone who you can go to for advice. Someone you can trust. I have always heard that many people found their best friends in college, so I expected to go in my first semester and find my best friend(s) for life.
However, I was not selective when choosing who I called a friend. I met many people very quickly and early in the semester. I was so excited that I was not going to be a loner in college so I latched onto everyone who was a little nice to me. I held on to friendships that were not necessarily good ones.
I got to a place where I became comfortable by myself. I went to the cafeteria, the gym and class alone. I didn't mind because it gave me a chance to just spend time with myself. I enjoyed not having to deal with drama and doing things based on the schedule of others. I would be lying if I said I didn't get lonely at times because there were days when I just wanted someone to go to dinner with or just watch movies with. But I knew that God would eventually send the right friend in my life and I just had to be patient.
Just as the school year was about to be over he sent two amazing girls in my life, Ciera and Alex. Ciera and I got close because we were in Intro to Mass Communications class together. A class we both hated lol. We would go to lunch together after class and complain about how the class wasn't teaching us anything. But even more than that, we talked about deeper issues as well. Whether it be something that is bothering one of us or social justice issues that we're both passionate about. These are conversations that I was never able to have with my friends in the past. I'm so glad that I have someone that I can have intelligent conversations with. But we also have a lot of laughs together too. It was a perfectly balance friendship.
I met Alex when one of the clubs that we are in went to Elon University for a women's empowerment conference. I've always seen her since we lived in the same residence hall, but we never spoke. Only five of us came to the conference so we all got to know each other. Alex and I became super close after that. She is my unexpected friend. After that conference, we literally hung out all the time. In the library, lobby and the cafeteria. Whenever we were together, we were having fun. I'm not going to talk about the numerous of Triller music videos and snapchat stories lol.
The three of us together is a great friendship that I pray lasts. I thank God that he brought the two of you in my life because y'all really mean a lot to me. I cannot wait to take on Sophomore year with you ladies!
