Let’s take a flash back to high school, the place that we all couldn’t wait to leave. Looking back now, I realize that there’s very few people I graduated with that I actually keep in touch with because we’re all busy doing our own thing; whether that means pursuing a college degree or working, we’re all on our own path. If there’s one person that I hope I never lose contact with and stay close with throughout this crazy thing called life, it would have to be my best friend from high school.
Despite causing trouble in school, we shared many laughs and times that I will never forget. From things like laughing for no reason and confusing our parents, a paper airplane war in the library, to accidentally color coordinating at senior prom; I have shared some of my most precious memories with this kid that I call my best friend. Even when senior year came and I couldn’t wait to be away, a piece of me knew that meant not being with my best friend anymore and that broke my heart. But now summer is here and that means I can see him again and create even more memories to last a life time.
I believe your high school best friend is one of the most important relationships you will have in life, and that bond should definitely be kept and never broken. I honestly don’t know what I would do if I didn’t have this relationship in my life. Even my mother has told me multiple times that she hopes I keep in touch and stay friends with him because she saw and knew the special friendship that we share. I hope that everyone has a friendship as genuine and strong as the relationship I have with my best friend.
One thing I will always remember is his intense fear that I would fall while stunting during basketball games. I always thought it was irrational, but after having experiences where I did fall out of stunts during freshman year of college, it hit me why his fear I would fall was so great; he didn't want to see me get hurt because he cares. Now that I realize this, I'm so thankful I have a best friend like "the love whisperer" as he calls himself.
All in all, I have come to truly cherish the friendships that I do have; especially the friendship I have with my dear friend Nathan, my best friend. True friends can be hard to find, but I know I got lucky and have a true friend in Nathan; like the song says, "You got a friend in me." To him I send the biggest thank you possible for all the shennanigans we caused together, for being my best friend for all these years, and still wanting to cause ruckus with me. Here's to you, here's to me; best friends we'll always be!
There will always be new friends that come along as we get older, but I have known my best friend since we were four, maybe five years old. If there’s anything I miss more than causing ruckus in class with him, it’s simply being able to see him every day. When it was a day that I just couldn’t stand anything, he knew exactly how to make me laugh and he was the only one I would talk to all day. From going to freshman year homecoming together, being band buddies, to just being best friends; these are the memories I’ll always have and keep near and dear to my heart.
