A real friend: )

I have always had a hard time making good friends, especially with girls. As I have gotten older it has only gotten harder to find girls who truly just want to hang out and get to know you without a hidden agenda. This last year has been especially hard because I have lost some friends because of jealousy and because all they wanted to do was use me instead of being a friend. Going to Western I thought that it would be easy to make friends, but it hasn't. I'm not all that outgoing and I'm not that usual prissy girl or a tom boy...and I'm not interested in acting like someone I'm not in order to make friends. Through it all I am so thankful for my boyfriend Phil. He has stuck by me in this time of mourning and searching for new quality friends I guess you could call them. He has helped me to realize that I can be me and be happy with or without friends and he is there to support me either way. The best thing that I can say that has happened since I have had this new mind set to be myself and being friendly and open is meeting my friend Karen. She has really been there for me unlike any other girl friend that I have ever had. She doesn't have a hidden agenda she just wants to be friends with me. I am so very thankful for her because now I can have someone to talk to who is understanding and we can do fun girl things. One example of this is on Saturday we planned a girls day with me and her and another girl Amanda. It was so much fun to just eat dinner, shop a little bit and go to a movie. Thank you Karen: ) I am so glad that you are my friend: ) I'm excited for many more girl's trips: ) It's hard in this period of life to keep the old friends, like the high school friends because we are so far apart. It's nice to have a friend just down the hallway to hang out with and be silly with. 

Also if your reading this Phil I am so thankful for your friendship as well, you are always there for me no matter how crazy my thoughts you are. Thank you for being not only my boyfriend but my best friend. Thank you for going to places with me that I want to go even if you aren't thrilled you still go: )  (like the craig morgan concert, yay!)  I love planning fun days and dreaming with you. I like you: )

~Leah