Long Friendship Tributes

The bonds of four friends by Jenny

They say that in life, if you have one super-close best friend whom you would share anything with, you are lucky. If you have two, you are very lucky. However, if you have three, you're a fool. Go ahead and call me stupid all you want when I say that there are three people in my life who I would live and die for a thousand times over--my three best friends, Megan, Kim, and Elizabeth. I just want to take this moment to show how much I love each of them, and why. I've known Megan almost my whole life. Our moms have been as close as we are now since junior high. However, we didn't become really close until about two years ago, on April 12, 1999. We visited them and something between us just clicked--I don't know what. The following summer was a hard one for me, and even though she lived nine hours away, whenever we saw each other, my problems would seem so far away. We always have so much fun together, and she puts up with everything that most people in the past have not. We call ourselves sisters, and since we're practically related to her family (our moms being so close), I just can't think of a better title. This is for you, sis, for two years in a week and a half. Stay sweet. The next super-special friend to enter my life was Kim. I remember the day I met her like it was yesterday. It was September 16th, 1999. We'd both been hurt a lot in the past, and though I was bored, lonely, and felt I could trust her, it took a little while for her to really open up to me. When she did finally start to trust me, our friendship took off. She graduated only nine months after we'd met and is now away at college, but we still keep in touch and are closer than ever. She's like an older sister to me in some ways, and I look up to her a lot. In other ways, she's like my equal, having so much in common with me it's unbelievable. With her living an hour and a half away, I miss her severely, but I always know that when we see each other again, things will have not changed. She'll always be my "big sister" and one of the best friends I've ever had. Here's to you, Kim. I love ya. Finally, two and a half months later, I met my third and eventually closest special friend, Elizabeth. Kim actually referred me to her, 'cause they'd been friends since middle school. This was how I found my spot in my "group". I met Elizabeth on December 2nd, 1999, after summoning up more courage than I normally have to sit with her at lunch. Both of us had been through a whole lot in the past year, and we found comfort in talking to each other. I soon became amazed at how much she was helping me. As the months went by, I learned to trust her more and more, and by spring, I kept nothing from her. Our talks became longer and longer until finally they could not be contained in one lunch hour. She, too graduated that spring, but was staying home for a year. That helped a lot. By the end of the summer, we were unbelievably close. There were times when we would get together just to talk--one of our "anywhere-from-two-to-three-hour" megatalks. She's more than likely going away to college in Europe next year, and when she goes, I'm still trying to figure out what I'm going to do. I know we'll always remain close, no matter what happens and no matter how far away she ends up. I could never say this out loud, Elizabeth, but just so you know--I love you more than you'll ever believe. [ Send to a friend! | Long Friendship Tributes | Tributes Index ] Back to ~The Friendship Page~ The End of The Friendship Page: Friendship Tributes: Long © Global Friendship 1996-2001 Created: 28/3/01 | Last updated: