I’ve always been that girl who had multiple different friend groups. In high school, I was involved in 5 different clubs and played softball, so you could say that I had a wide variety of friends. Most of the time, those friend groups never really intertwined, which sometimes was hard, but I made it work. Within those friend groups, I made lifelong friends that I still talk to, but some of those friends did slip away. When I entered college, I went to a University that none of my close friends had decided to attend, which was a pretty scary thought coming from someone who could always find a friend in whichever group I was surrounded by. But, with time, I once again found those lifelong friends that I couldn’t be doing college without.

“A strong friendship doesn’t need daily conversation or being together. As long as the relationship lives in the heart, true friends never part.”

One of my best friends since freshmen year of high school moved to a different state for college. She is one of those people that we tell each other almost everything, so you can guess that I was nervous that we wouldn’t talk as much. We would go a couple of weeks without talking to each other because we were both so busy with our activities. But the best thing about this friend is that we could always pick up right where we left off. She’s the girl I want standing next to me supporting me on my wedding day. I know that no matter how long we go without talking or how long we go without seeing each other, she will always be my best friend and I can’t thank God enough for bringing us together through softball.

“Friendship isn’t about whom you have known the longest… It’s about who came and never left your side.”

Have you ever met someone and were just like, "wow we are going to be friends?" Well, that’s what I thought when I met my best friend from college. We got randomly roomed together at our freshmen orientation. You know we are both very shy people because our parents made us say hi to each other. We ended up having a mutual friend so we saw each other again. Who would’ve guessed that we would end up in the same sorority? Now, we don’t go a day without talking to each other (gotta keep that Snapchat streak). She’s the one I can complain about anything to. She’s the friend that one second, I can be yelling at and the next second, we will be laughing at how stupid we are. She’s my main squeeze.

“In life, we never lose friends, we only learn who the true ones are.”

I realized that some of my friends in high school were only my friends because we were involved in the same things. To those friends, y’all will forever be in my hearts and I hope the absolute best for y’all. Sometimes people are put in your life to teach you a lesson in and then they get removed. To those friends that I was always super close to in high school and we barely talk now, thank you for giving me some of the best years of my life, but we grew apart and that is ok. When we are all home again for the summer or for breaks, we talk which is all I ever wanted. I cherish the times I have with them, but I know that we all went to different colleges and that we grew up and have different goals in life.

“There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.”

I don’t think I have ever heard a truer quote. My friendships are the things that keep me going. When I want to just have a mental breakdown, because let's face it life is hard, my friends are the ones that keep me sane. Last semester I gained around 40 best friends and I know what you’re thinking… there’s no way that you can have 40 best friends, well believe it. You see everyone just wants someone to be there for him or her, to care about their problems, and someone they can have fun with. I found that in those 40 people. When you have positive, loving humans around you that you get to call friends, you become such a happier person. And who wouldn’t wanna be that?

No matter where you find a friend or who it is, I hope that everyone of you can find a best friend that makes you feel like you are worth the world, because well, you are!