Hi my name is Jade. This is my story. I wouldn’t say most people’s special person is someone who they don’t like. You usually care for them, want the best things to happen to them, and say nice things to each other. That I know. Before I met my best friend, I had chosen some girl I wasn’t very fond of to be my best friend. If you asked me why I couldn’t tell you why. I also learned that although being nice, caring, compassionate, and overall there for them isn’t always going to lead to a healthy friendship. I learned that you don’t have to be someone else in order for someone to stay your friend. I found out all of this because me and my best friend don’t have the same kind of friendship others would have with each other. An example of this would be when your best friend starts to cry you would go and comfort them and reassure them that everything will be fine. In our case we would laugh at each other because one of us is crying and after a word we would say something dumb and laugh, and everything would be fine. But that makes our friendship unique to us two. When we first met I knew she had a beautiful soul. It may sound cheesy but it is true. She is like the sun and I’m like the moon. We balance each other out. I connected with her the right way or more so like she did. We met during second grade and as we grew older so did our friendship. Our friendship evolved. But sometimes through the years we would distance ourselves and then come back to each other. Some way or another we would always find a way back to each other. Our friendship foundation is built with trust, honesty and communication. We would tell each other when we did something the other person didn’t like we told each other EVERYTHING. She has taught so many things although she thinks I don’t learn anything from her. And so have I thought about her things. Yes we do fight with each other we act like siblings. But it is healthy for a friendship in order to grow. We have gone through many different things yet we always rise up together and stay strong. We care for each other in ways others wouldn’t know we cared for each other. And that makes us. Most people’s friendships don’t work out because they let others get to them or get between them. Yet that has never happened between me and her. We would always talk to each other and fix our problems. We have created such wonderful experiences and memories that we can look back on and laugh about. An example of that is sometimes while we hangout we reminisce on all of our memories and talk about what had happened all and how much we have been through together. Our friendships continue to grow and will forever grow. I hope that I can look back at this in ten years with a bunch of more beautiful and wonderful memories.
Jade Serrano – Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep – DMSF Class of 2029
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