Personal Essay: My Best Friend

Have you had a friend that you can tell anything to with no fear of judgement, shaming or them telling anyone? Maybe a friend who will go on a road trip in the middle of the night to a fast food restaurant you thought was 24-hours only to find out it wasn’t? How about a friend who would drop everything at 1 o’clock in the morning to pick you up from a party because you thought it would be a good idea to experiment with hallucinogens? Well, I have, Seven years ago I met a crazy beautiful, outrageously smart and hilarious girl named Gabby who has become that best friend to me. Gabby is kind, highly driven, open-minded, non-judgmental, strong, and one of the most loyal and genuinely good people I have ever met. She has been there for me at my lowest point and at my …show more content…
She opens her home to anyone who needs a safe place, she opens her heart to help her loved ones, she will help everyone and anyone with their personal issues before dealing with her own inner demons, she is never cruel or judgmental, she is incredibly driven and hardworking and she will never ask for anything in return. She is currently enrolled in MCC and is trying to get into the nursing program and almost every day she studies and does homework for anywhere up to twelve hours. She is very dedicated to doing her absolute best in school rather than just skate by which is admirable to me. When we do homework together and I get distracted or am procrastinating she reminds me or helps me understand the assignment and I will do the same for her. Sometimes Gabby cannot see how wonderful and truly amazing she is and anytime she doubts herself whether is school related or a personal issue she is struggling with I am there to remind her of how awesome of a young woman she has grown to be and she does the exact same for