Friends come and go as the years go by. Sometimes I think about how life would be so different if some old friends were still in my life. I never realized how much my friends help shape who I am and how far I've come as a person. I think the friend I am most thankful for is the one that keeps me feeling young. I'm not even that old yet and I already need someone who constantly keeps me on my feet.

Personally, I like to go to bed early, eat applesauce, and can be considered the mom of my friends. Fun fact, I also like to keep hard candy in my bags. I definitely don't have a personality of an average young adult, at least not when I'm by myself.

Those few friends who act like a five-year-old with me make me realize I love acting like a kid! I like messing with people and jamming to songs I listened to when I was in first grade. The jokes we make, the fact we love to play Jenga, and that they will join me in the most ridiculous dance parties allows me to not act my age for just a few hours.

That was the best part about being a little kid. I didn't have to pay attention to time or how funny I looked trying to dance. I just thoroughly enjoyed being with my friends. And now that I have found people who mirror how I feel now makes growing up so much more fun.

I do have my more serious friends and I love them just as much as the others, but the friends that can take me back to my old carefree self, hold a special place in my heart. They helped me grow from a shy person to a person who will express themselves and not care how clumsy or childish I look or feel. Mainly because they look just as insane as I do or they make me laugh from how much fun I am having.

I won't be young forever, but I can always go back to that feeling when I'm with my friends that keep me young.