This piece of writing was an English assignment, to follow up on our Godless unit. Right away, once I knew what we had to write about, I thought of this, considering it is about someone very important to me. Even though this is an assignment, I made it somewhat personal, in hopes to be more complete.

“A true friend can see behind your mask even, when you’re fooling everyone else.”- Unknown. There once lived a little girl, happy as can be. Or so everyone thought. By day she was strong and full of life, but by night she was truly weak and full of emptiness. The girl wore her mask with grace and never faltered. That is until one day the mask shattered. This isn’t a bad shattering, oh no. It is one of starting over.

You see, this little girl is me, or was me not so long ago. My mother says I have a big and sensitive heart, and I suppose that is true, considering I put so much faith into people, only to later be deserted in the dust. Throughout my elementary school years, and most of my middle school experience, I struggled with making and keeping friends. I went through so many toxic relationships, broken friendships, and falling outs, that at one point I gave up.

The last straw was given when I lost the person I was closest to. I put way too much into our relationship, and it crashed and burned when she chose someone over me. One of my flaws in life is that I am too trusting, too full of faith and belief in people to always be there, but they leave. Once I was deserted, I started making a mask for myself.

The mask consisted of lies and fake smiled. Every time I saw the person that left me, I used the mask to pretend I was okay, but I really wasn’t feeling anything inside. I was truly wrecked inside, and it looked like there was no hope for me.

That is until God would have it that I met Adrianna. When we first became friends, it was at a Lincoln Lutheran football game, during which I realized we were very similar, in interests and personalities. That meeting sparked a flame in our relationship.

Everything changed the night we both attended Dare 2 Share together. As friends, we sat next to each other and had a really good time so far until the 2nd session of the first day. On the stage, they performed a moving and deep skit, and then they had a follow up with a message and songs afterwards. That moment caused the spark to become a wildfire.

We connected in a very deep night, and what made our friendship so strong was the faith we both believed and I started believing in that type of love again. She’s helped me remove my mask completely, and has helped me to be myself and not care what others think. I used to not believe in the term “best friends”, but then I met Adrianna, and it’s something and someone that I depend on in many different ways. I believe in our friendship, and most importantly, in her.