Personal Narrative: The Girl Who Changed My Life

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It was in the second grade when I met the girl who, little did I know, would become the closest to a sister I have ever had. There is no doubt that fate allowed someone else to take my prior seat, and bestowed upon me the opportunity to sit next to her. As luck would have it, neither of the students who were meant to sit beside me spoke Spanish, but the girl I ended up sitting next to did and that was when we became friends. When middle school came around, fate took a different course. She began to make acquaintances far dissimilar to mine, she recognized her beauty leading her to a transformed mindset, but although these differences drifted us apart I learned that in order to keep my friend I first had to be a friend.
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Accepting that our relationship was practically over led to an unpleasant and lonely depression. Crying, feeling pity for myself, and confusion were all side effects I endured throughout this loss. All I could dwell on was how the one person that I have known all my life and was friends with since I was six years old was slipping right through my fingertips. What I did know was that maybe, just maybe, if she truly remembered that best friend she had made decades ago some part of her would come …show more content…
She told me she wanted to have dinner with me and catch up since she was leaving for college in a few days and I excitedly agreed.
Consequently, the friendship I thought was lost in the midst of life and all its chaos was still shining bright in the limelight. This friend now attends the University of South Florida, and I rest assured that she is still one of the greatest friends I have ever made in my life; our friendship is never

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