Friendship

Everyone who knows me, also knows how much I value friendship. To me, there is nothing more important than true friends. When i moved in '98 i had to leave alot of my friends, friends that have been with me for years. Though I have made alot of friends here, I will never forget those i have back home. That is what this picture symbolizes. That bottle is something I wear around my neck everyday. A ouple months after I moved, I wrote some of my closest friends asking them to send me a lock of hair. When I finally got it from each of them, I put it in that bottle, also adding a lock of my own hair, and made it into a necklace.
By wearing it, I always have my friends with me. When I run out of strength, I can still turn to my friends for their support. Even by just holding that little bottle in my hands I can feel them there with me, rooting me on, telling me to keep going. I can see their smiles, hear their voice's advising me in what I do, their laughs making me smile again, no matter what is wrong in my life. They have done so much for me in my life and don't even know it. They gave me some of the most beautiful memories one can have.

True friends do just that. They are there when you need them, they never turn their back on you, they make you laugh when you feel like everything in your life is falling apart. They are the real life angels that touch out lives forever, leaving marks that can never be earased. So please, if you are reading this, and you have someone who you believe is a true friend, make sure you know how much they mean to you. And never, never, never take them for granted!! I have made that mistake before, and never will again. It's the only thing I regret. So please don't make that mistake.

The friends who sent me the hair thats in my bottle are Heather Crawford, Jackie Brown, Sarah Butler, Becky Sneed, Kim Nowak, and Liz Hurly. They are great people and wonderful friends and I own them my life. They have done so much for me, and don't even know it. Though we don't have much contact anymore, they are still with me everyday, in my bottle, and in my heart. I also carry with me their smiles, their hugs, their advise, their shoulders when i need to cry, even the way they slightly shake their head and laugh when I do something stupid! I love them so much and can't wait to see them again. Though i have finally decided to stay in Tennessee, I plan on going back to Michigan as often as possible to see them. I will neer lose contact with them, and strongly suggest that you don't either.

I hope that this has given you something to think about. That is why I am writing this. So someone else doesn't make the same mistake I made and take their friends for granted. Cause you never know what will happen tomarrow.
Thank you for your time.

~Jewels