A True Friend Growing up you have friends that come and go. Friends that say they would be there for you no matter what. They're the ones you run to when you’re having boy trouble or had a fight with your parents.“Friend” is a word people throw around too much. People don't even know what it's like to have a good friend that you trust so much, that you tell your darkest secrets to. Someone you relay on day in and day out. I've seen a lot of people throw friendships away over a boy, a rumor, and different opinions. I was one of those people who threw a lot of it away. I never had a real true friend until I met Car. It was like she took me under her wing and changed the world for me. She brought back my child side. Showed me it was ok to be loud in public. To stand out in the crowd. To go after what you want in life. Car added meaning to my life, which I thought I lost. When I met her, I was having a hard time with life. It was the summer going into my freshman year of high school. I found out I would be playing with the varsity basketball team all summer. The only freshman to do it that year. The number of freshman to make varsity basketball in school history was very low. I was very proud of myself. Yet, other girls thought differently. I would get messages sent to my computer about how I didn't deserve to play that high up. How I was no good at the game. There were rumors around school how I paid the coach off. I knew it was all out of jealously, but it still hurt. I also was having major surgery at the end of the summer. I ended up getting my gallbladder, appendix, and endormentious removed. I was having a hard time with everything. I didn't know where I stood on this Earth. Car made me feel proud of myself. That all I have accomplished in basketball was worth more than what people could say about me. She made life have meaning to it again. Two years later, I felt sick again. I was in the hospital over three months. Car showed up couple times a week and spent hours with me. More than any family member had besides my parents and my grandmother. If she didn't show up, she called. Even through all the pain I had, she made me smile somehow. If it was just talking to me or playing cards with me. I smiled. That meant more to me than any flowers or cards I got from people. She saved me from going into major depression. I owe her so much. I truly don't know how I could pay her back because money or presents doesn't compare to all she did for me. Car and I had this friendship that I saw was rare. During those two to three years I lost a lot of friends. I’d rather have one good, honest friend than a bunch of them that really aren't there for you when it comes down to it. Car showed me just because the road has a bend in it doesn't mean you’re going to fall off. She’s a really special person. I am very lucky to know her, let alone be her best friend. She saved me from changing myself, not loving the game of basketball, and becoming sick with depression. I am glad I got to meet my guardian angel. Article provided by View more articles | Information provided by collegeanduniversity.net |
