My Best Friends - Faith Brooks

My Best Friends

                      “Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it,  whoever you are, you need one.” -Jane Howard. My best friends are Sydney Adams, Mattie Lowery, Karlee Sanders, Shailey Wooldridge, and Sam Lyles. These five girls have been my support system for the past five years and I couldn’t have been blessed with better friends.

            Sydney is who I’ve been friends with for the longest. I consider her my closest friend out of our group. She’s kind, gorgeous, and she has stayed by my side through thick and thin. My favorite thing about her is her soul. Her morals, tastes, and logic are what make her so great. The second person who I’ve been friends with for longer than the rest is Shailey Wooldridge. I met her and Sydney in elementary school and we’ve been friends ever since(well, ever since we started getting along). Shailey is so unbelievably talented. She can sing like a goddess and write like a famous author, but my favorite quality of Shailey’s is her humor. She can make a room full of people laugh with just one cheesy joke or the occasional weird noise. I adore both of these girls with my whole heart(along with the rest of my friends).

            I met Mattie, Sam, and Karlee in the seventh grade. When I first talked to Mattie, she was standing beside me in choir crying because her and her boyfriend broke up. Mattie Lowery is going to be famous one day for marrying Channing Tatum, becoming a comedian, or being the next Albert Einstein(she’s had an A in Conner’s all year, so she basically already is). My favorite thing about Mattie is how funny and loyal she is. She won’t talk behind your back, she tells you if someone does, and she helps you with whatever you’re struggling with. Sam is so caring and has such a great heart. I met Sam at the first seventh grade cheer practice and we’ve been friends ever since. Sam’s best quality is her heart. She is unconditionally sweet(she does have her moments just like everyone else, but we’re all human here) and takes care of all of her friends. I don’t remember when I met Karlee, but it was probably during choir, too, because we all had that class together. Karlee is smart, funny, and we have a lot in common. She’s just really kind, adorable, caring, and lots of other things. So, my favorite thing about Karlee is her personality.

            My friends have been by my side through everything and I am so lucky to have such great friends. In a couple years, we’ll all be moving off to colleges, which is really sad, but I know we will always stay in touch and visit each other. My best friends are more than friends, they are my soul mates. 

-Faith Brooks