As I get older I start to realize the importance and the value in a good friendship. Flash back to high school, I was friends with a lot of people; I was very friendly and easy going. I played lacrosse so I had those friends, I had my close friends that I hung out with and talked to daily, I enjoyed photography so I had my photography class friends, I had my older friends, I had my elementary/middle school friends, and random friends throughout. The more the merrier right? Well what I lacked to see was that those friends I had would not remain constant throughout my life. Bitter sweet. I have so many fond memories with all of them throughout the 12 years of school and wouldn't change those memories for anything. Although we remain Facebook friends it's not the same. A lot of them have moved out of state, some have started their families, and some traveling the world. After senior year I said bye to all of those friends and the whole "we need to keep in touch, or we need to hang out", but let's be honest in our crazy lives we got busy and didn't. College approached and I moved five hours away to what seemed like the smallest town in the world: Rangely Colorado. Never heard of it? Shocker I didn't either until I decided to go there. I closed one door and opened another. In college I made a whole new group of friends and again I was friends with a lot of people. It was a small school, probably only 250 students so it was easy to be friends with everybody and know everyone. I was positive these friends up here would be my friends into my adulthood. I made the decision to leave and it was a roller coaster of emotions, but ultimately I knew I needed to move back home. Since those experiences I can honestly say out of all the people I've met and was friends with, two remain. The first one is my partner in crime Alex. We met freshman year of high school and we've been the best of friends ever since! Throughout high school and college she has remained constant. From all the petty high school girl drama Alex and I have never had any of it involve the two of us. The past 7 years she has remained my closest and best friend. She knows me better than anybody else, she gets me and I get her. When I go over to her house it's like I'm part of the family and same goes for when she comes to mine. We both moved away for college and I didn't see her as much, however, when we did we picked up like we had just seen each other the day before. Through college we talked all the time about things going on, and we were always there for each other after a long night of drinking and emotions. She will forever be my best friend, made of honor, my children's god mother, and the sister I never had. My second best friend I met in college, his name is Clayton. I remember meeting him the first time and thinking oh my gosh he's so tall and goofy. So obviously we became friends. Now 4 years later we are still besties! I don't see him as much as I would like because he goes to school far away, but I know if I were to call him he'd be there. Alex, Clayton, and I are the three best friends and I feel so lucky to have them. We've had so many memories together from two seasons of Bronco games, road trips, birthday parties, late night adventures, and even personal deep things that only best friends can talk about. So now out of everyone I've met, befriended, and made memories with I am thankful for, I've learned a lot. Now that I am older I realize that it's the quality of friends not the quantity. People come and go in your life but they are in your life for a reason, to either experience new things with, teach you life lessons, or show you how important true friends really are. I value my friendships more and more now that I'm older, and I am so happy to say I have the two best friends a girl could ask for!
Xo Morgan
