I'll Be There for You!

   A topic I feel like I've dealt with a lot recently is friends. No not the comical show on Netflix, but actual friends! I graduated high school one year ago, and I feel like the best friends I ever had made were from my senior graduating class. We would hang out and go get JCW's or Chick Fil A. Do something stupid, and then proceed to tell everyone what we did. We had backyard movies and razor rides up the canyon! Snoasis runs would be a must every Summer. Bridge jumping, movie theaters, and cafe rio were just some of our favorite things. My friends all started to get their mission calls around February and March of 2015. Most of them were to report in June, July, & August. I didn't think much of it, because it seemed so far away. I was just enjoying life and the end of school.

Shae

Tanner

Harrison & Clay

   Then June hit and every Sunday till August, I was at a farewell. The goodbyes killed me. I remember numerous nights calling Quincy or Bronson and just bawling at the fact that everyone was leaving. I felt alone because I was supposed to start my life without any friends with me. I didn't want to go to college because I knew I would have to make new friends, and basically start a new life. August came around and it was time for me to move out to Provo. I chose to be with all random roommates and to start my life over. The first month was pretty rough living there. Yes my roommates were amazing and yes I've been so blessed to have them in my life.

Kiersten, Riley, Brenley, Tori, Me, Kara (not pictured Marley)

   But the constant emails and letters I would get from my friends just broke my heart. They were having the time of their life out in Cambodia and Australia, while I was stuck in school barely passing my classes. Once I got to October I felt a lot of emotions. October 5th was my 18th birthday, and I had come to realize that I wasn't going to be spending it with any of my friends from High School. My 17th birthday was with all my friends as we made doughnuts and watched the classic "Napolean Dynamite". I cried the night before at the fact of how much my life had changed since my last birthday. My roommates were my life savers though. It didn't matter how many people had come to my birthday, it was the fact they put in effort to try and make it my best birthday, and it was. I had never felt such love from people I had just met. 

Sam

   Towards the end of October my best friend had left on his mission to Bolivia. I was a MESS. I was just getting to the end of the goodbyes, and then he left. I cried in my room for about a week and my roommates were doing all they could to cheer me up. I was so devastated but so excited for him as he was leaving on this adventure of his! 

Bronson

   I felt alone and empty, so soon after I drove up to Rexburg Idaho and spent some time with Quincy. We hung out all weekend and it was such a breath of fresh air. 

Quincy

   After that weekend I road back down to Provo, and things finally started to get better. I started being more social and going to more events. I knew I needed to stop being so depressed and I needed to get up and start making friends. Fall and Winter semester went great due to the overwhelming friendship I had acquired in Provo. I'm also SO grateful I had Cortney and Sam (my California best friends) here the whole time as well. I don't know how I would have gotten through college if it weren't for them. 

Charlee, Jacob, Robert, Brooke, Casey, Me, Tyler, Christian

Tori, Josh, Riley, Kara, Carson, Brenley, Kiersten, Justin, Ryan, Me

Catrina, Dad, William, Gregory, Lillee, Gracee, Charlotte, Eleanor, Tyler, Tahnee, Me, Tiersha

   Then came the time when everyone had to move out because Winter semester was over. It was emotional and sad saying bye (again) to all these amazing friends I had made, but it just meant new people were going to move in for Spring! I had a hard time adjusting to this because I had gotten so close with so many people already! Luckily everything did work out, and I'm very content with where I'm at right now. Yes, I still do miss my friends everyday and all our adventures. And yes, I want to hang out with them the second they get home. But I'm so grateful for this experience I'm having in Provo, and I'm so grateful for the love and friendship I've had throughout this past year of my life. 

James, Kiersten, Kara, Robby, Me