Throughout life, friends come and go. Your best friend last year can become the person you barely say hello to the next year. The neighbor you were inseparable with since birth could move away and never speak to you again. But hey, that's life.

I am fortunate enough to have best friends that have been with me since my pre-school days. We have had our ups and downs, but they are like sisters to me and I wouldn't trade that for the world.

I made friends in high school, but there are only a few that have stuck with me until now. I don't need to talk to them everyday, but when I do talk to them it's like no time has passed. We can carry on with no problem.

I am also blessed to have found an amazing support system in college. I have made friends that I know will be by my side for a lifetime. These are the friends I have made where I sit back and say, "How have I made this far without you?"

I have had my ups and downs with all these friends. But a question that will always resonate with me is, "Who is going to be there for you?" When your car breaks down at 2 a.m., who is going to drag themselves out of bed to come pick you up? When your boyfriend dumps you, who are you going to run to cry to? Basically when life deals you too much to handle, who is going to be there for you?

This all stems back to loyalty. That is probably my number one quality I look for in a friend. It takes a friend to be a friend. If I have your back, you better have mine. I realize not everyone thinks this way. Some people have issues with conflict so they run and hide at the first sight of it. Who is going to be standing their in the middle of the storm saying, "I won't let you do this alone." That is the type of friend I want.

You don't have to move mountains. You don't have to drop everything to please me. I just want you to have my back. When I am being unreasonable, call me out on it. When I need to see something from another perspective, tell me. But when I am at my breaking point, be there for me... And I promise to be there for you.