There are just those people. They touch your heart in a different way, and you hope you touch their hearts too. They're the friends that stick with you and share the brightest and best moments of your life, but also the friends right their to pick you back up when you face one of the darkest moments in your life. These people are different than your regular family, a blood bond keeps you together in that case, but friends who become family? They become so much more.
In high school, I thought I had a strong group of friends, but now that I'm in my second year of college, I can name the amount of people I talk to from high school on one hand (barely). In college, I feel like I have great groups of family. These people and I have bonded over things that are unforgettable, whether it is my sorority ritual or just a fun week of extracurricular activities, full of embarrassing memories. Or maybe they're your study buddies, who turned into late night friends, who turned into family.
Often times, the people I have found myself viewing as my family are never the people I expected them to be. People who looked after me when I was at my lowest, and I was experiencing things in my life I never expected. In my heart, I promised to always do the same for them, and I hope they know that they will always be someone that I will drop everything for. When this happens in your life, you have to hold these people close because life is never guaranteed.
Having friends turn into family is one of the best feelings. You can sit together and say absolutely nothing, or have something happen and with just one look be on the same page. You can be silent for awhile, but when you talk again you both go back to how you used to be, no questions asked.
These are the people who are the truest of the true. Not the people who blow you off, who leave you out, who don't take your feelings into consideration. Sometimes your truest friends aren't the people you expect, or who you want it to be, and that's okay. I know it is easy to say that we choose our friends, but falling into people sometimes is out of your control.
Your friend family will find you and you will match up in your own way. It is an interesting feeling, but it is also an important feeling. At some point, it will hit you, and you'll realize you're sitting with your family. I promise there isn't a better feeling, and it will also teach you what to look for in people. Your friends that become family will teach you so much about life, just make sure you're looking when they join you.
