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☕How to Be a Good Friend
or Why I carry teabags and cough drops in my purse.
Qualities of a Good Friend.
Megan is not my bestie that I see all the time and text every day. In fact, I only see her a dozen or so times a year and I don’t text her often. However, she is a wonderful, caring person that I consider a close friend. We met in a homeschool group and are both members of other local groups. She has many great qualities that make her a wonderful friend. She is supportive, unselfish, and good listener. She is someone you can count on to help whenever she can or pray for you when she can’t.
Some Background
When I was a kid, people would say I had a ton of friends. And I guess it looked that way from the outside. In elementary school, they changed the borders for the schools and my best friend and I had to go to different schools. I had a difficult time in the new school and felt very alone at times. Middle school, I think, is hard for everyone but I felt like I was picked on a lot by boys; maybe others were too, I don’t know. High school was better. I had a new best friend, and organizations like band where you spend so much time with each other you…
