"Making friends hard, but worth it"

Toward the end of the eighth grade, Rose Marte became really close to: Alex, Hana, Lizzie, Kayla, and Hannah. At the end of the year each of them would be going off to different high schools and things would be complicated.

It is funny to read a blog like this at this point in my life because graduation is soon approaching and everyone is moving off to separate universities. Along with finishing the units and getting good grades there is still a thought in everyone’s mind – saying goodbye. How do you say goodbye? Mary Ward has become a big part of our lives for four years. Friendships were made, fights were had, and tears were shared. We all came to Mary Ward from different schools. In elementary school everyone knew who you were and what you were about.

Coming into high school many fared the thought of making new friends and yearned to be back within the safe, familiar halls ways that we thought was a second home to us – elementary school. Now, four years later and ten times wiser we get have those same feeling that we have experienced before coming to high school, leaving our homes and stepping into the unknown.

They say high school is the best years of your life. From my experience I say that this statement does not fall shy at the very least. Though you are an individual and though you are unique each person at Mary Ward or any other high school for that matter shares one thing in common. They belong to the same family. Not a parent-child kind of family, but a family were everyone contributes in their own way, everyone relies on everyone else for support, comfort and encouragement.

My friends have made me who I am today. It is because of them that I have made it through all the June-rushes, all the heat-aces, the T.A interviews, the tests and the having to actual to homework instead of procrastinate. Through our friendships I have become a better person. I have learned that it is important to live, laugh and forget.

In the blog, Rose emphasizes that though making friends can be hard it's all worth it in the end. Even though some may move far away or get closer to you, it's always good to have friends that will stand by you. It might be hard at the beginning to make friends but when you do you will have friends and friendships that you will cherish for the rest of your life.