Having and keeping a best friend is hard as you get older I've come to find out. It's not that the act of being a friend is harder, but the act of taking time out of your life to specifically schedule with this other person can be hard. Since I am home schooled and don't have the regular time that teenagers usually have to spend with other teenagers I have to actively seek it. And sometimes all you want to do is sit at home and do nothing.

The thing is that I think this has made finding good friends even easier to find. Because it takes effort to be friends with someone you know you won't see everyday at school. It takes someone to truly want to be your friend to stick by you when you aren't the easiest person to hang out with.

Trust me I know I'm not the most interesting or entertaining person and I don't have all these stories about school, but I do have amazing friends. I have friends I can talk to about anything, even if it's been a while since we last spoke. And sure, most of our communication is online or through text of some sort, but it still gets the job done. And on those occasions where we do get to see each other it's even better.

I haven't been spoilt by thinking I'll always have hundreds of friends and they'll all care about me equally, like some people seem to think. I know that's not how the world works, but that's okay because as long as I have my few good friends and my family I know I can get through anything.

What about you? What have you learned from your friends?

Love,
Natalie