Friends! How Many of Us Have Them?

What is a friend? If you would have asked me in elementary, it is someone who buys you a gift on your birthday lol. How many friends do you have? Again, young Trellie would say the more the merrier lol.  As a child, in my head everyone I would interact with was considered a friend. The requirements of friendship are very minimum to a kid lol. Some would say that the best friends have known each other the longest.  That may or may not always be the case though lol. The older I get, the more I realize that time does not determine a friendship; it is the experiences that you encounter with one another.  Gifts are nice but in adulthood, friendships are more emotionally connected.  I am fortunate to have a best friend since I have been walking lol.  I also have high school friends (Petty Crew) & college friends (FamBam) that may not have the tenured as my “road dawg” but they hold equal status in my life.  Friends in adulthood gift by uplifting each other and celebrating great times together. They are also in your corner when unexpected events happen. A true friendship can go some time without talking (due to busy adulthood schedules 🙄) but it is like nothing every skipped a beat whenever you talk.  Friends are one of the bright spots of adulthood lol.  You get to experience life events with your crew. Depending on how long the friendship is, you get to watch him/her grow into their own. If you would have told me 10-15 years ago that the crew, I hung out with would grow up to be successful; I would probably laugh lol.  Nonetheless, my friends are killing it and as the song says they are definitely “Ones I can depend on…”. One experience that I will always cherish is my wedding night!  It was the one time where all my friends from every phase of my life were together in one place and the energy was crazy lol!! I want to repeat that event!! So, even though I do hate it here in adulthood; I am grateful I have my friends to make the experience better lol.