// friends \\

friendship is when a person knows you and is still your friend. a friend will never get in your way unless you are going down. i have been truly blessed to have such great friends. including all of my friends for reasons, seasons and the ones i know ill have for a lifetime! my girls have been there through everything, through the tears, the laughs and the moments they just wanna kill me cause i am so annoying. they love me through it all. its crazy to think that at the beginning of this year i didn't even know who some of my best friends were like sarah willes she was in my english class but i never talked to her and now look at us, inseparable. we have so many crazy adventures together and there will be plenty more to come. i didn't know who Ry or Josh or Jake or Ezra were at the beginning of this year and now we hang out almost every week end. friendship isn't measured by how long you have known each other or how much you have in common but by how well you can connect through your differences. i have plenty of differences with my friends, like our music. i don't think any of us like the same type, i mean ash doesn't like country, sarah doesn't like alternative. but our differences let us explore new things.

a friend is someone who you think of when you want to make plans, someone you know you can call for help whenever you need it cause they will always answer, a friend is someone who knows something is wrong when you are putting an act on, a friend is someone who will make fun of you to your limit THEN help you. a friend is someone who you can say one word or phrase to and they will die of laughter (sarah: he plays soccer...) 

i've made so many new friends this year and honestly i don't know how i was able to survive with out them! because i know anyone of them will be there to talk anytime i need it and man i need it sometimes because we all have those days! we all need a few best friends in life, because no one can get through this life with out someone else to help.

shout out to my friends:

thank you so much for all you have done for me ESPECIALLY this past week, when i was being a brat about prom. Sarah and Candace thank you for the u-swirl and making me cry, Asher thanks for coming over with your toxic cookies and cute note and making me cry, Anna thank you for waking me up so early with your roses, candy and pig to find out i got asked to prom you guys are the best! i owe you guys! :) i love you guys, i don't know what else to say other than thank you all! Sarah, Ashleigh, Candace, Anna, Josh, Ry, Jake, Ezra and sometimes even Powell! ;) you all are amazing examples in my life! here is a song to sum this up: God Gave Me You by Blake Shelton i can't do it with out you guys! God gave me you for the ups and downs.

xoxo jordyn standage, your friend