Friends

I got a lot of feedback from my last post from people thinking I was talking about girls they know and people getting slightly offended. The main girl I was thinking about when I was writing that last post, though, doesn't know any of my current friends and doesn't have a facebook account, so she would not have seen it. She broke things off with me just before Valentine's, so I was dealing with some hard memories. So for everybody who thought I was venting about someone they know, that wasn't the case.

Anyway, I wanted to write about something more positive - my friends. I have the best friends in the world. Seriously, I don't know what I did to deserve such good friends, but you all are amazing. Everybody has been so good to me since I have been dealing with health issues, but everybody was really good to me before that too. I have to admit, after the experiences I had from the last two areas in Provo where I lived, I was ready to pack up and move away. I had terrible neighbors, and the people in my wards were very judgemental and unfriendly. A member of the bishopric in one of my previous wards actually tried to get my brothers and I evicted because he said we were running a business from our home without proper licensing.

So I found a place up Provo Canyon, hoping that I wouldn't have to deal with people as much. I was mostly inactive in my ward for the first year that I lived here. But then, people started doing nice things for me for no reason. I started going to some of the activities and getting to know people. Soon I realized that I was missing out, became active again, and made a whole bunch of friends. Everybody accepted me for who I was without judging me. I don't know what it is about my current ward and stake, but everybody is great. There are probably some cliques, but I haven't noticed any yet. Everyone I know is a great example to me. I think everyone in my ward and stake realizes that we are all going through hard things at the same time, and we are much better off helping each other and being friendly than being self-centered and not caring about others. So I just wanted to say thank you to everyone for being such great friends and examples.