F-R-I-E-N-D-S

Sometimes I wonder how I am able to deserve such amazing people in my life.

Each and everyday I get up to be surrounded by people that love and care for me no matter my situation. No matter if I snap at them because I haven't had enough sleep, no matter if I haven't called them in months, or told them how much I love and appreciate them.

This last little while God has really help show me the importance of friendship. Being an extrovert through a pandemic has been stressful, anxious, and sometimes depressing for me. Yet, through it all God seemed to get me through it all by refocusing my attention on him and placing the right people in my life at the right time.

My one friend from high school Bee, reached out to me and got me writing letters with her and when lockdown first happened. Now we have become regular pen pals and it brings me such joy to write letters to her and to get letters from her in the mail. If you ever feel like you need life to slow down and you need a more therapeutic friendship, I would 12/10 recommend getting yourself a pen pal!

Some of the amazing friends God has placed in my life while at school are these lovely ladies (and so many others). These three taught me the beautiful lesson of slowing down and enjoying the world around me. God has not only given us such an incredible planet to enjoy, He also gave us such incredible people to enjoy it with. Stanely, helped me recognize rest this summer and recognize that I need to set time aside to for myself and God. She would regularly remind me to take care of my own spiritual needs.

That is one thing that I have been checked on regularly this last while. Making sure that I am keeping my tanks full, and not letting myself burn out. This blog post is a big shoutout to my dear friends Monica, Chandler, and Rachel. As for the title of this blog post you'll recognize the names from a famous TV show (they call me Phoebe). These three ladies have taken such good care of me lately. They have reminded me of what it feels like to be loved, and looked after. They have called me out on somethings I have said or done. They have reminded me to take care of myself and not just those around me. They have forced me to sit down and to let them look after me. These ladies really have no clue how much I have needed them these last few weeks. Their spiritual push to keep me in the Word, their empathetic words when I am frustrated, and the belly aching laughs that have caused all of us to end up on the floor at one point. So thank you to you guys. Thank you for calling me out when I need to go to sleep or turn off my phone. Thanks for putting up with me when all I do is make really terrible dad jokes all night.

My last friend shoutout I want to make with this post are all my long distance friends. Since moving out of my parents house I have left some beautiful friends behind. Of which I wish I could talk to them all regularly, and yet I just don't have time or energy to keep up on every single friendship. So thank you to those that were there while I needed you. Thank you to those that I go six months without talking to and then spend all day talking to each other. I want you to know that I miss you and appreciate your friendship. Here's to the day when we see each other again, whether that be in Heaven or sooner.

Love you all so much! If you got any good memories of me I would love to hear about them in the comments, just please stick to my Pen name :)

Thanks to your support and for reading on first real blog post! Here's to many more!