Once in Awhile, True Beauty Comes Along: A Sequel Dedication to Real Friends

And this true beauty is in the form of a friend. A best friend. There is nothing sweeter than knowing I have someone there walking along this path called Life.

There is also nothing more bitter-tasting than finding a "friend" has let me down.

And, we're human! Humans cannot be perfect and it is no one's job to keep me happy but my own. Over the years, I should learn not to depend on others so much, and I've done really well with that concept! Rarely do I ever let myself call someone a best friend, because in my experience, I cannot rely on anyone.

Is authenticity slipping through the cracks just like the act of taking responsibility? It's fucking contradictory to want so much for someone to like us that we let others down. It's the reason for shit talk, which is the reason for terminated friendships.

Oh, and hey! Let's all be unreliable! No one likes a loyal friend, right? Please make plans with me and then bail! I love it when we do that. I love it when we can't be fucking honest and say, "No." I actually prefer a "maybe" so that I can have hope, only to be shit on by an inability to be courageous. See? There's that "wanting someone to like you but letting someone else down in the process" act. Or it's just being selfish. Take your pick, friend.

This is so trivial, but after a number of times, it wears me like a wave to a mountain. It's possible that I hold friendship to high in regard. Is it not important to you? Are you okay with being swallowed by the sea when you're a fucking mountain?

Once in awhile, true beauty comes along in the from of a friend. Then, it shits on you. A true friend, a best friend is honest about their shit.

Thank you, Jenna for being a mountain with me. Thank you for your honesty. Thank you for your reliability in my time of need. Thanks for celebrating my second decade of life! Thanks for the simple tasks you perform like texting me back. Thank you for the more difficult tasks you preform like helping a hurting friend. Thanks for understanding. Thanks for the sense of humor! Thanks for the real inspiration I can get no where else. Thanks for the education on life, false sugar, and music. Thanks for the best tea ever and being similar sizes, so we can share clothes! You're the simple definition of a friend, and more than that, a best friend. People can really learn from you...

Last but not least, here's to the other true friends. You know who you are because you're not the above listed "friend". I enjoy making the effort to being the best friend I can be for you.

And now my mom's making me buy her Bakers.