Seasons go, but are they really gone?

So, today as i was having a special time to myself.

(taking a shower)

I thought about friends.
And let me just tell ya.
I have amazing friends. :)
I have friends who I can talk to and freak out with when there are guys involved in our lives.
I have friends who can make me laugh so hard that I bang my head on the bus seat.
I have friends that make me start to get misty eyed when I read lovely notes that remind me that I am loved.
I have friends that will never be forgotten.

On that note, let me remember those who have not been forgotten
because I will always remember a friend.

Why forget someone who made you happy
Who made you laugh
Who made you cry tears of happiness
Who made memories

So to those who have inspired me, who have been examples to me, who have been the best they can be
I say:

Thank you


Jessica:
thank you for your insane amazingness that leaves me in awe and tears every time I think about you. thank you for your words of "i love you" and "my amazing adopted sister", because those are words that make me feel happy. thank you for our wacky adventures, our deep conversations, our funny pictures, and for memories that will stick like glue in my brain and heart. :) thank you for our amazing walks to the Pink Shop and talking to me about Ham. hehe. thank you for your hugs and smiles that greet me everyday I come into school or from a class, especially when I'm having a bad day. I love you!


Kayla L.:
thank you for your loyalty to an amazing friendship. I remember you in Ms.Gadd's class walking in, probably pretty confused. I thought that you were so cool and I wanted to be your friend immediately. I remember jogging in P.E. with you, and inviting you to go ice skating with me for a YW/YM activity in my ward. I remember how cool your blue mascara was. :D thanks for being my twin! :) thanks for being such a dear when no one (okay, just me) doesn't have a lunch. Your so willing to give up something for the benefit of others. Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!! :)


Betsey P.:
thank you for being my Betsey-Loo. haha! just joshin'. thanks for your craziness also, and for your phone to make prank calls to certain no longer single spanish teachers. :) thank you for making everyone laugh and for taking intense situations into a joke. Thank you for making sure we all have code names for certain boys. ;) thank you for your laughs and stories that make my sides hurt. 


Esther C.:
You are such a freakin babe that i am thanking you for being just that. :) thank you for always remembering my birthday and for always giving me a hug when you see me. :) it really makes my day! Thank you for all your smart-alec remarks that keep me rolling on the floor. thank you for everything that you do for me! :) i love you so very much girl.


Janelle A.:
:):):):) im going to start crying! what the heck!
really, thank YOU.
thank you so very, very much Nellie.
thank you for everything.
thank you for amazing elementary school years and junior high years. thank you for doing the most insane things with me. thank you for being the first person i emailed to when i got and email address. thank you for going with me to my first stake dance. thank you for making a really crappy Christmas nativity set with me in sixth grade. :) thank you for talking to me and standing up for me. thank you for knowing what is right and what is wrong. thank you for smiling. thank you for laughing. thank you for forgiving me when i messed up. thank you for walking with me in the rain storm after that one musical theater day. thank you for memories that i hold very dear to my heart. thank you for the tears that roll down my face, because like you, i like emotions too, because yeah, they do get in the way of life sometimes, but that is what makes life interesting. And happy tears are emotions that i think anyone can live with. 
thank you again, and again, and again. 


Friends are kind of like seasons
seasons go, but they're not really gone
they come back soon
and you'll be able to recognize them when they're here


To my other seasons:
Heather M.
Faith R.
Mckensy W.
Stacy P.
Spencer W.
Courtney W.
Kourtney A.
Aubrey (i was in 2nd grade with her)
Mkenzie (i was in 2nd grade with her)
Kalinja W.
Conner P.
Katie D.
Sydney J.
Cami H.
Madison W.
Becca G.
Steven B.
Drew R.
Maddi R.
Kara R.
Kelly 
All of my elementary friends that i grew up with :)
All of my junior high friends that i grew up with :D
there are so many more people i know but this post
is already super long. :)


To all those who have made me who i am today, to those i know, knew and will soon know hopefully i say:


Seasons come, but they never go.
They somehow always seem to come back.
I'll always remember the seasons.


To those seasons that are in my life:
"Thy friends do stand by thee, and they shall hail thee again with warm hearts and friendly hands."
          ~D&C 121:9
To those seasons I haven't see for a while:
"God be with you til we meet again."


Love,
Kayla