Friendship
“Truly great friends are hard to find, difficult to leave, and impossible to forget.”
Last weekend, we celebrated my brother’s 21st birthday at the house. It was the phattest house party we have ever thrown to date. If I recall correctly, there were around 40 people in attendance. The kitchen island was stocked full of hard alcohol, there was a full keg of Miller Lite in the corner, DJ Y0shi and DJ Hazeion was spinning on the 1’s and 2’s, and the garage was home for beer pong and various drinking games. The party was “invite only” and it mostly consisted of my brother’s friends from: Davis, Cupertino, San Jose, Berkeley, Los Angeles, Irvine, and San Diego.
The party made me realize how blessed my brother is to have close friends that go back to elementary school. I remember watching him and his friends growing up throughout the years and how that friendship bond between them became stronger as time went on.
My childhood was like living in a military family. Almost every two years, my family would move to a different city. For me, that meant a new school with new people. I was always the “new kid” at school. Back then, we didn’t have Facebook and all this social media, so whenever I moved to a new city, I would lose contact with all the old friends I made. My friends came and left in a blink of an eye. As a result, I stopped opening myself up to people because I knew it was only a matter of time before I would never see that person again.
It wasn’t until recently that I really started to open up. Even though I am not very good at it, I began writing more in order to express my feelings better. I have a few friends to thank for that. They have motivated me to write more often. One of them being my ex who spent the last six years with me. I feel bad because when I was with her, I didn’t do the best job of expressing my feelings towards her. She knew I loved her, but I know I could have done a better job at it. If she ever finds my blog, I just want her to know that she is my main inspiration to push ahead and better myself every day.
In conclusion, we encounter people every day in our lives. Some of those people end up becoming our friends. Friends come and go all the time, but like the quote above states, truly great friends are hard to find, so keep them close and don’t forget to let them know how you feel about them.
