My friends are better than yours...

I think the problem with having close friends or just in general caring about people is that when things go wrong your world falls apart. I have a very very close-nit set of friends which is quite honestly a new thing for me. Back home I had my best friends Cassie, Katelyn, and Ryan but other than that I was a bit of an outcast. The "friends" I had were mostly through my best friends popularity. When I moved to Tennessee it was a really fantastic fresh start. I made friends quickly and easily here but throughout high school those friends have drifted and dwindled. College has been pretty much fantastic on the whole but friends have come and go. I have retained only two really close friends on a long term scale. Danie and Chris are my best friends and in two very different ways. Danie and i took very different paths after high school and she is there for me in a way no "college" friend can be. On the other hand I have Chris... It's funny to think that he is my best friend because our relationship started out on such on opposite note. The truth is I don't know what I would do without him though... He is the best best friend I could ask for. :)

Now that I have gotten off track... I said all of that to say that it is a new thing for me to have such a close-nit GROUP of friends. I have a group of about 10 friends of which I could honestly call anyone one of them at anytime for anything. This is simply amazing to me. I love my friends and I have the kind of memories people always dream of from college. The problem with having friends like this is that when something goes wrong... Life halts. In middle school or high school if I got into a fight with a friend... Well that just sucked. But I was over it and on with life in 2.5. This was especially true with the male gender. I could go from head over heels to on to the next guy before you could blink when things went wrong. With my friends now I can't imagine losing them. I have had my fair share of drama lately. I literally have spent nights crying over two of my friends in the past month. You may not see the relevance of that statement but the fact is... I don't cry. I definitely don't admit that I cry! :) I guess I say all this to say...
Always apologize when you hurt your friend. Even if it was an accident...
Accept your friends' apology too! You will want them to do the same for you.
Listen to your friends' side of the story...
Be there when they need you.
Let them know how much you care.
Make memories that last a lifetime.
And most importantly....
Don't give up on your friends.
Don't walk away just because it's not easy...