That's When You Know

Some nights just make you realize how thankful you are for some people.
Some aren’t so good nights, like the night my friend hydroplaned off the road and into a tree, her car totaled, but she ended up with only a few scratches.
You stop and think, the car was totaled, but she wasn’t.
That’s when you know you’re thankful for someone.
Or the better nights, when you come home, your throat scratchy because you’ve been laughing all night.
You drive around town, get burritos bigger than your head, try on ugly dresses and forget everything for just a while.
That’s when you know you’re thankful for someone.
When you realize that one person has stuck by you for six years.
Has listened to you cry over boys, and cry because your family was being ripped apart.
When you call their mom, your mom and when you’ve practically adopted their younger siblings.
That’s when you know you have a true friend.
When you can call them at 3:47 and cry to them, and they’ll stay on the other line until you’ve calmed down.
Even if you’re crying over nothing.
When they’re the person you’d go to when something really shitty happened, and you just need someone to sit with.
That’s when you know you have a true friend.