And I want you to know, what you mean to me
You know your friendship is real when you can come back to your best friends after a long period of time, and everything between you is exactly the same, regardless of what either of you have been through. I feel this way about my best friends, K and D, as well as my twin sister, A.
If you cry I will cry with you
If you laugh I will laugh with you
If you need a time to talk I’m there
If you want to share your dreams I’ll care
My friends and I have gone through a lot (changes, drama, etc) in our first two years in college, but we still manage to stay as close, if not closer, then we were before we graduated. But to know that even though we have lifestyle differences, this bond we have with each other is a reality. The perfect mesh of traits, silliness and love we have for each other makes me feel like, just maybe, we were destined to stand by each other so that when we fall the four of us will pick each other back up and mend any broken hearts or scrapes along the way. When K and D are hanging out with my sister and I when they’re on break, I feel like they fit in so well in my life, with my family… Irreplaceable. We’re comfortable enough with each other that walking around with our arms linked or holding each others’ hands in public is not a problem. These are the girls I love to be intellectual with when no one else around could hold a candle to how well we can discuss and agree with many things. Plans are made in advance to go together to the movie theater to watch the latest Disney movie as soon as possible, no questions asked (bail and suffer the consequences!) Skype calls meant for venting turn into conversations about fairytale wedding dresses and other fine details, like how cute your crush is being when he sends you texts, how adorable boyfriend are in public, and how much that douche from high school is missing out on because he didn’t give her a chance. These girls make my life so much richer and lovely just because they are in my life <3
With you I can be myself, I’m like that with no one else
But it gets a little sad sometimes, because of the distance between our schools. My sister and I go to the community college in our area, while D went an hour away, but keeps in touch often. K, however, is 6-8 hours upstate, and often gets really busy, but has gotten better about keeping in touch after this past winter break.
And even though I know that we’re far away
I know forever friends we’ll stay
But these lovely girls never cease to amaze me. One night, my sister, my friend D, A and I all got a text from our friend K, saying that we should tune in at 11pm to her college’s student radio station. Excitement is an understatement in describing how we felt. So, the three of us sat together on skype, trying to figure out how to get the online radio thingie to work all the while being silly (as usual), and wondering what we were going to hear, until we heard a dedication to the three of us, and this song came on, Always Be by Larue.
And I need you to know, that we’ll always be
Safe to say, within seconds we were all in tears and touched by the lyrics to this song, all the while mentioning how much we hate K for picking such a perfect song to fit our relationship. It served as a reminder that the promises of continuing our friendship, of our children playing together, of sticking together through thick and thin have not been forgotten for even a second. To have someone to share the smiles as well as the tears is one of the greatest gifts life has to offer. And I’m glad I was given these girls to stand by me, because without them, I honestly couldn’t have become as strong as I am now, and I am very grateful for it.
Which is why I put this song up for anyone who feels like I do, to think about anyone close to you, and just appreciate the impact they have, or may have had, on you. Sometimes you just need to be reminded that no matter what you go through, there are always open arms to come home to.
-J
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