Last night was one of the funniest and craziest conversation I had with a friend ever since I can remember. We basically talked about how our lives turned out, how we used to do all things together and of course how our friendship seemed to have taken it's down fall.
It was funny because time passed by so quickly that so many things have happened, we both went on different directions but after all these years, it turned out that we were still the same people. We were still the crazy girls, we once were.
You see, we met when we were twelve. Well I was twelve and she was thirteen. It was our first year in high school, she became my seatmate and we just started talking about the most random things and never stopped. We became best friends ever since. We would always do things together, go on random adventures to a place we've never been to just for the heck of it, fight our battles together, we always had each other's back. We even planned to enroll in the same college but I was too lazy to process my college applications, so I ended up enrolling to a different university.
On our high school graduation, we promised to stay in touch despite our different schools but this did not happen. Over some silly and shallow reason, we fought and just stopped talking to each other. And that's how I lost my best friend.
When people would ask me, who my best friend is, I would always tell them that I don't have any. Well, I'm very picky when it comes to friends. I actually have a hard time being friends with anybody because I'm kind of anti-social. But what they don't know is that I've lost my only best friend before and it's as if I don't want to become someone's best friend anymore because I have already been THAT to someone, a long time ago.
I would admit that throughout my college life and career, I have longed for someone to talk with just to share my rants and raves about life. You really can't have that conversation with a boyfriend you know and besides who would you talk to if you want to rant about your relationship? HAHA. I would even get jealous to those people who managed to stay in touch and be the best of friends ever since they were young.
But then after having that conversation with my friend, I realized one thing. Just like in love, people really do not stop being friends. Once you've become friends, especially best friends, no matter where life takes you, no matter how many stories you've missed, you will still find each other no matter what. Because that's the true essence of friendship. You don't need to talk everyday because once you start talking to each other again, it's as if you have never stopped. :)
So a piece of advice to all best friends out there, take care of your friendship. Don't let it slip away just because you decided to be on your own. Do not be afraid to share and celebrate life with others. Best friends are family, do not turn away from them. Always be grateful for those who chose to stick around and be with you throughout the shittiest part of your lives.
And to my best friend that I've lost eight years ago, thank you for the gift of friendship. I know that there are still a lot of things that we need to catch up on but I am truly grateful for the years that we've shared before and though we have missed some stories and life events in those eight years, I am so happy because God allowed us to talk again and let us know that there's still so much ahead of us. We have more mommy talking to do. HAHA
Now that we are both mothers, I know that we will also teach our daughters the value of friendship. We will teach them how to be crazy and how to have fun! We will teach them to be the best that they can be. I know that will they be the best kids because they have the best moms in the whole world. :)
P.S. Too bad, I don't have any of our old photos anymore. this post could have been more touching. LOL
So that was our friendship story. Now, I can really say that best friends are truly essential in our lives. How about you? What's your friendship story? Have you thanked your best friend lately? If not, might as well do it now. Appreciate! :)
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