Loyalty.

As i sat there in the hospital at 12AM yesterday, i began pondering the subject of loyalty. Now with my best friend Becky in the ER, for breaking out in extreme hives my night was filled with Doctors, coughing children, and hypochondriacs. Each one of them was loyal to something. Doctors..well for starters their schooling and now late night shifts in the ER. Coughing children..well they most definitely are loyal to playtime and the fish stickers that cover these walls. Hypochondriacs..well they are loyal to trying to convince these Doctors they have every condition in the world, but as i sat there i realized the loyalty between Becky and I.
Becky and I have been good friends for quite some time now and have found ourselves in some funny situations. Sleeping in freezing cars, driving 30 miles for wendy's, the classes we have together, and just all around being there for each-other when needed have all molded us into the friendship and people we currently are. Now last night on the outside may have just looked like a trip to the ER, but when broken down it was so much more then that.

I had been waiting for a call from a modeling agency for weeks now, and yesterday it finally came. The excitement and anxiety i felt was overwhelming and i couldnt wait to go to my parents house to spread the good news. When i got there, my parents were anything but thrilled and rambled on for an hour about how i should keep investing myself in Law school and not get sidetracked by taking pictures. They dont understand that it is what i enjoy doing as a HOBBY, im not trying to make a career out of it in any way. After a whole hour of degrading, i was finally to my breaking points. Yelling, fighting, crying, all back and forth. the fact that they dont support me in literally anything i do has me to a point of disgust and resent. Then Becky calls.

Becky has bad allergic reactions to an unknown substance at this point and tonight was especially bad. Hives on every inch of her body, throat closing, eyes swollen shut, and she needed to go to the hospital. With tears and too much mascara running down my face i immediately jump in my car and get to her house as fast i can. It didn't matter to me that i looked like a train wreck or was in the middle of a fight with my family, she needed me.

When Beck gets in the car, she realizes that im upset instantly. She does her best to comfort me and talk me through my situation and it worked. Redbull is one of my addictions, although a bad one and Becky knew what she could do to relieve some stress. She asks me to pull over at the little store on the highway and when i do, her door flings open and she marches right into the store, hives and all. When she comes out with two redbulls and a funny impression of the store tellers face i instantly feel a lift off my shoulders.

So as i sat there in the hospital room i felt the blessings in my life. Although i had family issues, i was there for her and although she was medically ill, she was there for me. Giving and taking in friendships build some amazing things with the people you chose to share with. We may not have the strength to get through everything that challenges us in life, but true friends are always willing to let you borrow some strength they may not be using. Take the time to evaluate your real friends. Even if it is a gesture as simple as this, it will be nice to decipher your friendships. Afterall, you may have more people in your corner then you may have originally thought.