Under Pressure.

Spring Break, 2007:

My closest guy friend said the most amazing thing to me when we were at dinner a week back. Four of us were gathered around a table, reminiscing and simply enjoying each other's company. It was good to be surrounded by the people who mean most to me. He took a good look at me and smiled. "it's good to see you," he said. My heart felt warm. He followed with something along the lines of this: "My psychology professor was talking the other day about these specific special people in your life and how you can go months without seeing each other and when you're back in one another's presence, it's like you were never apart. I smiled and thought 'I have a friend just like that.'" It was the most heartfelt thing I had heard in a while. It was one of those things that makes your heart drop and you stop and think "damn, I'm pretty lucky."

When you lose specific people in your life, it can hit you pretty hard. But in the end, when you think about it, the people who stay by your side are the ones who are worth every single breath you take.