Friends are always there for you when you are sad, or happy, and keep the world from crashing down. If you are a true friend, your friends can count on you whenever, and if you need, you can count on them too. Picture this…. your hurt, or sad, and all alone. You feel like the world is closing in, and you are short of breath. Then, your friends come over to help. How would that make you feel? Good, right? After your cold experience, they make you feel warm inside, and you feel joy. This essay is going to tell you about how you can always count on your friends, and my experiences on that. I hope you learn something from this essay.

I was going to recess on Thursday in third grade. We had just gotten to Jackson Park. I was playing on the rings and trying to reach the fourth ring, and, FINALLY! I had grabbed the ring before it and was swinging over to the fourth, when CRASH!!! I tried to grab the ring, but I couldn’t! I fell back and crashed into the pole. It felt like I had broken my spine. Ice cold shot down my back, and I could tell I was about to cry, even though I was in shock. My eyes started closing. Thinking I was gonna faint, (which I hadn’t ever before) I started to cry and scream. I felt like I broke my back even though I didn’t. Luckily, my friends were there to help. They called the teacher (Holly) over and helped me back to school. I was still in serious pain, but I didn’t faint, and didn’t feel like I would anymore. One hour later it felt much better. True friends always stick up for you when your being put down, will always have your back(literally even when you hurt it LOL), deserve all your trust, lend you their shoulders when you are sad, can make you laugh whenever, don’t care if you’re crazy or quiet, make you feel safe, will never judge you, will never put you down, and don’t care what others think about you. That is how you know you have a true friend, and those are totally mine. Your friends will help you.

Before I start this paragraph, I know that friends also betray you and hurt your feelings, and that is bad but realize that even then they  are still your friends and will still help you. In first grade when I had just gotten my cat, and I was sad because I had never had a cat before, so I was scared of him, but my friends helped me through it and helped me understand that he won’t hurt me, and that made me realize, I can count on them. “I laugh harder with my friends, I feel more myself with my friends, I trust them with me – the real me. When something goes wrong, or right, or I hear a funny joke, or I see something bizarre, they are the first people I want to talk to about it.” After they helped me, my cat and I had such a great time. Now he is always hungry LOL. My friends have always and will always help me with my problems.

If you and your besties are having some issues, then this is a good piece of advice: “just know how easily a simple misunderstanding can escalate into a conflict between friends. Good friends are expected to be loyal, honest, trustworthy, fun to be with, reliable, willing to listen, nonjudgmental, caring and supportive. Such high expectations, however, can make close friendships more vulnerable to conflict than casual ones. So if you feel a little fued(conflict) rising, remember this, try to solve it and keep your friends close.” That is a quote from www.valueoptions.com, and it is a great piece of advice. If you ever need help, ask a friend.

I hope my essay taught you something about friendship, and just think. What would you do if your friends weren’t there for you? How would it change your life? With a perspective, I’m Mira Korngold.