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A
GOOD FRIEND
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In kindergarten, a good
friend was the one who let you have the red crayon, when
all that was left was the ugly brown one.
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In first grade a good
friend was the person who went to the bathroom with you
and held your hand as you walked through the scary
halls.
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In second grade a good
friend was the person who helped you stand up to the
class bully.
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In third grade a good
friend was the person who shared their lunch with you
when you left yours on the bus.
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In fourth grade a good
friend was the person who was willing to switch square
dancing partners in gym so you wouldn't have to "do-si-do"
with that stinky kid who liked you.
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In fifth grade a good
friend was the person who saved a seat for you at the
back of the bus.
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In sixth grade a good
friend was the person who went up to your new crush and
asked them to dance with you, so that if they said "no"
you wouldn't feel so embarrassed.
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In seventh grade a good
friend was the person who let you copy the social
studies homework from the night before that you had
forgotten about.
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In eighth grade a good
friend was the person who helped you pack up your
stuffed animals and baseball cards so that your room
would be a "high schooler's room" and didn't laugh at
you when you finished and burst into tears.
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In ninth grade a good
friend was the person who went with you to that "cool"
party being thrown by a senior so you wouldn't be the
only freshman there.
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In tenth grade a good
friend was the person who changed his schedule just so
you would have someone to sit next to at lunch.
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In eleventh grade a
good friend was the person who gave you rides in their
new car, convinced your parents you shouldn't be
grounded, consoled you when you broke up with your
steady, and found you a date to the prom.
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In twelfth grade a good
friend was the person who helped you pick out a college,
assured you that you would get into that college, helped
you deal with your parents who were having a hard time
adjusting to the idea of letting you go.
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At graduation a good
friend was the person who was crying on the inside but
managed the biggest smile one could give as they
congratulated you.
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After
you graduated, a good friend was
the person who helped you
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clean
up the bottles from that party
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helped
you sneak out of the house when you couldn't deal
with your parents
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assured you about your relationship with your
steady, told you that you could make it through
anything
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helped
you pack up for college and silently hugged you as
you looked through blurry eyes at 18 years of
memories you were leaving behind
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and
finally on those last few days of childhood, went
out of their way to come over and send you off with
a hug, a lot of memories, reassurance that you would
make it in college as well as you had these past 18
years, and most of all, most importantly to send you
off to college knowing you were loved.
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Thanks for being a good friend!
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