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How many of you truly respect, love, and appreciate your friends? Do you have many friends or just a few? I have many friends, some closer than others, some I speak to more frequently than others, but I truly respect, love, and appreciate all of them. I’d like to share how I always find myself feeling after spending time with my friends and realize how great they are.

My boyfriend and I took a day trip to Baltimore and we were excited for many reasons. One, because we were getting away from our normal weekends in NJ and PA. Two, he was going to meet most of my friends FINALLY. Three, we both love Baltimore and the atmosphere. It’s young, fresh, and alive. If you haven’t been to Baltimore, MD yet, you must go!

For years I’ve been visiting my friends in Baltimore, and to this day I always feel the same emotions when I go and when I leave. The drive there, I’m filled with excitement, joy, anxiety, memories, and more. It’s like I recap all the good times we have had with each other over the years and how we all have grown, but still remain connected. It’s so intense I always tear up. No joke. I get the full body rush of emotions, and tear up knowing that I am just a few hours from seeing all of my friends. Am I weird? Do other people get like this? Do you ever feel like this when you think of your friends?

What I love even more is that we are all so different and unique. Some would probably meet us and wonder how we are all friends since we are so different from one another. I think it brings such a dynamic and intellectual vibe. We have great conversations, great gossip (most women love to gossip, it’s bad, but normal). Remember, NOBODY IS PERFECT. We also share great laughter, great memories, and much more.

When it’s time to leave, I hate it. It’s really hard living so far from them knowing they get to hang out much more often then I get to. On the other hand, knowing that, it gives me more appreciation and fulfillment when I do get to have some time with them.

Then the drive home is another recap of the weekend, more emotions, more tears of happiness, and just great satisfaction. It’s an amazing feeling to know I truly respect, love, and appreciate all my friends. I love you all and miss you! “Friendships are different from all other relationships. Unlike acquaintanceship, friendship is based on love. Unlike lovers and married couples, it is free of jealousy. Unlike children and parents, it knows neither criticism nor resentment. Friendship has no status in law. Business partnerships are based on a contract. So is marriage. Parents are bound by the law. But friendships are freely entered into, freely given, freely exercised.” -Stephen Ambrose