Cherry Binge!

Around 4 days ago, my mom and her friend went cherry picking. A bus picked them and many others up in front of a random church and off they went in their merry way to a farm. After a few hours, my mom came back with a big box full of cherries. It's all I ate for the past few days. It's very addicting! And every bite reminded me of my best friend Alexa back in California who is absolutely in love with cherries. One time in English class, I just saw her randomly snacking on some cherries hidden in the front pocket of her backpack (we sat next to each other) and when she offered me some, I couldn't refuse. So the whole time in class we just ate cherries and ignored whatever our very annoying teacher was lecturing about. Lol. Good times. <3

A day to remember...

This is one moment I will always look back on and laugh. It was a beautiful Saturday morning - bright, sunny, and full of life. My friends Alexa, Christy, Bobby, John, and I were coming from a school event and were on our way to Alexa's house. Bobby's dad picked us up in his very small and old sports car that was only meant to fit 2 people on the backseat. So it was very comical how all four of us were cramped and practically on top of each other on the backseat while Alexa sat on the passenger's seat. Needless to say, we were very uncomfortable, but fortunately John plugged his ipod to the car's radio and played one of Taylor Swift's songs. We turned the volume to the maximum level and we sang our hearts out. We sang word for word at the top of our lungs with all our windows down and we flailed our arms every which way. Bobby's dad is also a very careless driver, and after seeing us all hyped up, he decided to add to our excitement by speeding like a maniac, causing many people to honk at us. So there we were, disrupting the peaceful streets of Los Angeles with our horrible singing and our silly laughter. It was especially funny when there was a red light and people around us kept staring at us because we were just the oddest group of people. For one thing, we were all cramped in a small beat-up car with music on full blast, and to top it all off, we were singing to Taylor Swift's silly love songs. Lol.

I absolutely love having fun memories like these with my friends. How about you guys? What are some of your fun memories?

When friends become strangers...

In my life, I have had the most amazing people that I was lucky enough to call my best friends, while some don't even have one. Unfortunately, life happens and my friends came and went, time and time again. It's not easy to find that special someone, whom you can really connect with in a deep level. A person whom you can share all your secrets with and laugh all night with. A person whom you can somehow communicate with, without saying a single word. A person whom you know, without a doubt, is fated to be your friend. But I was lucky enough to have found five in my whole lifetime (which is relatively short of course, seeing as though I'm only 17). But every time I found one, sooner or later they were gone. Either they moved away, went to a different school, or we just had nothing left in common.

It's so heartbreaking to lose a friend. And it's so mind bottling how at one point we're soul mates, and then all of sudden we see each other in the halls and can't even mutter a simple "hello." For instance, I had a best friend all throughout elementary school and the summer just before 6th grade. But when 6th grade came along, we just stopped talking. Neither of us knows how, but it just happened and whenever we see each other, we can't even look at each other in the eyes and just ignore each other.

And next year I'm going to be a senior, and before long, I'm going to be graduating. And I worry because right now, I have an amazing friend, but I know we are going to go our separate ways eventually. And I don't want her to be just another person I lost in touch with and can no longer hold a simple conversation with. Does anyone else understand what I'm going through?

A letter I will never send...

Dear Angeli,

It's been 5 years since we've last talked, but it feels like it's been an etrnity. An eternity without hearing your laugh or your voice. An eternity without feeling your embrace or seeing your sweet smile. We used to do everything together and we would spend the whole day just hanging out at each others houses, which was easy because we lived right next door to each other. People thought we were best friends, but you would always correct them and say we were "soul sisters."

 Do you remember how we used to love eating macaroni and cheese while watching movies all day? And how we never really finished a single movie because we had too much fun just pausing it and laughing at the funny faces the actors made?

Do you remember how we would just sit in the living room and laugh for hours uncontrollably for no reason at all?