The Best Friend I Could Have Ever Asked For

I just want to say what an amazing friend I have. Manda and I met at a Bomshel show in July, but it wasn't until shortly before our 2nd Bomshel show in September that we really started talking and we became pretty much inseparable after that. She's the best friend I've ever had. She's the kind of friend I always dreamed of having but never thought I actually would. We actually do stuff together and spend time together. She actually wants to spend time with me. She actually asks me to do stuff with her instead of me being the one always trying to make plans. I always felt so left out because although I seemed to have alot of friends I was still always the one left behind. And often these friends would make plans to hang out right in front of me and I'd never be invited. What a way to make me feel like crap! I had plenty of friends inside church but that was pretty much as far as it went. I'd see them at church and then hardly ever invited to do anything beyond that. I was never invited to get together outside of church or invited to go out after church. It really hurt because I was one of the only ones just going home after church instead of getting to hang out. But with Manda, we do stuff together all the time and have so much fun and make so many memories. And we have so many amazing and funny inside jokes together. I just love it!! I've made some really stupid decisions and mistakes these past few months and I fully expected Manda to not want to be my friend anymore because of it, but instead she told me I was stuck with her as a friend. She cried with me as I told her about the stupidest mistake I've made and how scared I was. She's just been such an amazing friend and stuck by my side through everything. I ate dinner with her family tonight and then went to Hotel Del Coronado with her and her dad to see the giant tree. I don't know Manda's family very well yet, but I feel like they actually like me and care about me. It made me so happy because I felt like I had a family again, but at the same time it made me sad to see what I've missed out on all these years. Anyways, I just love Manda and am glad I got to spend Christmas Eve with her. <3