Friendship 

This is to all my friends, past and present, and the way they made me feel when I was with them, and how I feel when I'm not with them. If you go, I will be lost, if you forget me I will be sad. For no one in the world means more to me than you do.

~Kim xxx

In Nursery your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.

In Year 1 your idea of a good friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you and held your hand as you walked through the scary halls.

In Year 2 your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you stand up to the class bully.

In Year 3 your idea of a good friend was the person who shared their lunch with you when you left yours on the bus.

In Year 4 your idea of a good friend was the person who was willing to switch square dancing partners in gym so you wouldn't have to be stuck do-si-do-ing with Nasty Nick or Smelly Susan.

In Year 5 your idea of a friend was the person who saved a seat on the back of the bus for you.

In Year 6 your idea of a friend was the person who went up to Nick or Susan, your new crush, and asked them to dance with you, so that if they said no you wouldn't have to be embarrassed.

In Year 7 your idea of a friend was the person who let you copy the social studies homework from the night before that you had.

In Year 8 your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pack up your stuffed animals and old baseball but didn't laugh at you when you finished and broke out into tears.

In Year 9 your idea of a good friend was the person who would go to a party thrown by a senior so you wouldn't wind up being the only freshman there.

In Year 10 your idea of a good friend was the person who changed their schedule so you would have someone to sit with at lunch.

In Year 11 your idea of a good friend was the person who convinced your parents that you shouldn't be grounded, consoled you when you broke up with Nick or Susan, and found you a date to the prom.

In Year 12 you idea of a good friend was the person who was with you on your 1st day of college and who helped you out when you needed a job.

In Year 13 your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick out a university, assured you that you would get into that university, helped you deal with your parents who were having a hard time adjusting to the idea of letting you go.

The Summer after Year 13 your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you clean up the bottles from that party, helped you sneak out of the house when you just couldn't deal with your parents, assured you that now that you and Nick or you and Susan were back together, you could make it through anything, helped you pack up for university and just silently hugged you as you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of memories you were leaving behind, and finally on those last days of childhood, went out of their way to give you reassurance that you would make it in university as well as you had these past 18 years, and most importantly sent you off to university knowing you were loved.

Now, your idea of a good friend is still the person who gives you the better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, helps you fight off those who try to take advantage of you, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you but understands when you need to hold on to it a little longer, stays with you so that you have confidence, goes out of their way to make time for you, helps you clear up your mistakes, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when they are sad, helps you become a better person, and most importantly loves you!