HOW MY FRIENDS BECAME FAMILY A short thought on my bestie!
Welcome bishes,
This is just a fun story I wanted to put to paper. Although it has a happy ending, it does include topics such as, mental health issues, negativity in the home and religion. I'll be briefly speaking about these thing and how it had affected us, but also made us closer and stronger together. We all have that one person that makes our day, or our lives, brighter. Here's mine.
When I was in High School, I quickly found that I was different from most of my pupils. I had an accent, that made me seem foreign, when it was just my mother's teachings that made me speak properly. I was shy and sometimes shunned because others assumed that, "I was better than them,". Bare in mind, their words, not mine. Thankfully, I noticed someone drawing on the other side of the classroom.
She would become, my closest friend, then later, my sister. Nessa Lopez, is what I'll call her in this blog and maybe others. She was also shy and different. And we hated each other on the first week of knowing each other. It wasn't until I saw her playing Minecraft, that we really bonded. Quickly, we learned about each other. And we had so much in common. We liked Imagine Dragons, Melanie Martinez and Markiplier.
Although we grew close, we were nervous to tell each about our home lives. I'll not be going into detail about Nessa's home life back then, but thankfully, she's much better now. I told her about my home life as well, and though they were very different things at the time, we still related on a whole new level. When she lived with her mother, I had Sunday Classes. So, after, I'd drop off tasty pastries for her and we'd talk and laugh. She loved her pastries. Lol.
Eventually, Nessa would open up about mental illnesses. She was young and suffered so much, while what I went through was miniscule to her. So, I dived into the world of Mental Illness. I remember staying up till 2 one morning, researching Depression and Anxiety. It was then I learned that we were Introverts, both on different levels. Some days, I abhorred humanity, other days, I wanted to help people with my experience. While Nessa is shy, she'd make friends easier.
I later learned, because of my home life, I have serious trust issues. Once I trusted Nessa, it became hard for me to trust anyone with her. Because, I knew I didn't want them hurting her and because I was selfish. Sometimes, still am. She's much more better with people than I am and I've learned to see the world more open minded because of her influences. I grew up in a "Religious" Home, so anything unorthodox is frowned upon and I thought the same narrow minded way.
She'd go in entire rants, proving her point and looking up the facts. I learned to respect other's religions, sexual orientation and opinions. Which, God, I'm so grateful for, cause I would have probably lost loved family members, because I almost believed the narrow minded individuals in my household.
Because of her, I understand myself more than I've ever thought possible. More than I'd ever known, listening to people here.
She became my sister, gosh, I can't remember when. It was just a moment, that we declared we'd be at each other's sides. And we have, through tears, so many tears and heartaches. We've made each other strong and are stronger together. She's my family, because, I really don't know what I'd do without her. She legit, keeps me sane and makes my day better. She's family, because, she's never told me that I couldn't do this or that, she's family because she's earned a place in my heart.
She's family because, I've only ever sobbed on her, she's family because she's the only person that makes me comfortable. She's the only person that knows in detail my issues, my fears. She's one of the strongest persons I know, to have been through what she's been through and still be standing; still be fighting. I know I'm not the best sometimes and we have our sad moments, but I will never stop being at her side, this bish is gonna be my frickin' Maid of Honor.
This isn't meant to put down my relationship with my other friends, those that I consider close too. But, we gotta all have that one person, we really sync with. And she's it for me. She's my first love (the first person, out of my blood family, for me to trust so much), she's my first book, she's the reason for this blog. She's my inspiration and I'll forever be grateful to have her. And, I'll forever love Minecraft for breaking the ice.
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