Living apart from my best friend has changed my life in ways I could have never imagined. Michael and I had known each other since the seventh grade and had been through so much together. Until we started college, we had it better than almost anyone else. Michael and I saw each other almost every day and we counted on each other for everything. We had been through everything together and the idea of having to be apart from him, the idea of my life completely changing, terrified me. In high school, we were the lucky ones, the ones that stayed together no matter what. Michael was not just my best friend, he was my boyfriend, my person. When Michael and I decided to go to separate schools I had mixed emotions; I would constantly go between wanting
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I felt out of place and awkward, worried that I would not be able to find a place to fit in. I was stressed and lonely, but the worst part was how much I missed my best friend. I did not get to talk to Michael the first week of school aside from texting. Every day got harder being without him. I started to feel like I had made a mistake in coming to the University of North Georgia. I began to regret not going to school with Michael. All I wanted was to be with him. I did not care about the fact that I had wanted to go to North Georgia for years. I began to lose sight of who I was and what I had always wanted out of life. All I could think about was missing …show more content…
I started going to the Dahlonega Church of Christ where my friend Colt was a minister. I had known cold since I was in the ninth grade. The congregation there was very small, only about twenty people total, but that did not matter to me. Instantly, my church became the biggest part of my life. I began to spend my free time there working on projects and studying the Bible. Some nights we would just order a pizza and play video games. It was the best decision I had made thus-far. If I had decided to continue being sad all the time I never would have gotten so involved at my church in Dahlonega and I never would have connected so well with the other youth
I felt out of place and awkward, worried that I would not be able to find a place to fit in. I was stressed and lonely, but the worst part was how much I missed my best friend. I did not get to talk to Michael the first week of school aside from texting. Every day got harder being without him. I started to feel like I had made a mistake in coming to the University of North Georgia. I began to regret not going to school with Michael. All I wanted was to be with him. I did not care about the fact that I had wanted to go to North Georgia for years. I began to lose sight of who I was and what I had always wanted out of life. All I could think about was missing …show more content…
I started going to the Dahlonega Church of Christ where my friend Colt was a minister. I had known cold since I was in the ninth grade. The congregation there was very small, only about twenty people total, but that did not matter to me. Instantly, my church became the biggest part of my life. I began to spend my free time there working on projects and studying the Bible. Some nights we would just order a pizza and play video games. It was the best decision I had made thus-far. If I had decided to continue being sad all the time I never would have gotten so involved at my church in Dahlonega and I never would have connected so well with the other youth