So, my best friend in the entire world came up to me at school the other day and asked me if I would do her a huge favor. And obviously my answer was yes before she even told me what the favor was. But anyways her cousin was getting married this weekend and they needed some servers to walk around with trays of appetizers during the social hour and they had asked my friend to get a group of people to do that for them. The only requirement was that we had to wear black pants and a black shirt and know what we were serving.
That wedding took place yesterday and I have had a little over 24 hours to think about how it went and reflect on it, and this is what I keep on replaying over and over in my head... We were given such a simple job to do and I got to say I think we nailed it but all I can think about is how all of our friends came together and did her a favor without asking any questions. We helped her when she needed it and nobody was complaining about anything. We were all happy to help.The bride and groom kept on thanking us for helping them out but the truth is that we weren't doing it for them, we were doing it for a friend.
So that is what has been going on inside my head all weekend. I have been thinking about what will friends do for each other. And what kind of a friend does it take to do things for others.Best friends means that you can't be selfish and you need to think about the other person because becoming best friends doesn't happen over night it take years to develop trust. So helping out a friend isn't even a chore it is something that I want to do. Because honestly we ended up having a really fun time because afterwards we just got to mess around and chill with a bunch of friends who were all there for the same reason and we all laughed about how awkward we felt walking around serving food. So that is my story about helping out a friend and having a good time while doing it.
Sunday, September 26, 2010
What is friendship?
What is friendship...? At first when I was given this topic to write about I was like "Oh this will be easy I use this word a lot." But the more I thought about it the more difficult this topic became because I rarely ever use the word friendship in a conversation I always say "She is my friend." or "Yeah we are friends." But I never say "We have a friendship together." or "Our friendship is a good one". So for this assignment I thought about what is the reason behind my friends and myself and how could that be used to describe friendship.
When someone asks me what the meaning of friendship is I think about all my friends and why we are friends. Friendship to me is trusting someone enough to know they would never do anything to hurt you. It is when you are close enough with someone that you can just be yourself without trying to impress them. Friendship also means you get along and hope for the best for one another. It has no race, gender, or size and it is not limited to a place, culture or group. There is no limit to how much friendship you can have. That is what friendship means to me.
When someone asks me what the meaning of friendship is I think about all my friends and why we are friends. Friendship to me is trusting someone enough to know they would never do anything to hurt you. It is when you are close enough with someone that you can just be yourself without trying to impress them. Friendship also means you get along and hope for the best for one another. It has no race, gender, or size and it is not limited to a place, culture or group. There is no limit to how much friendship you can have. That is what friendship means to me.
Saturday, September 18, 2010
About me!
Hey everybody this is Tara. I thought I would start out my blog by telling you a little bit about me. Okay well I am a sophomore in high school and I love it. I have amazing friends that help the school day go by faster and when we hang out we laugh so hard we cry. Yesterday (Friday) me and a couple of my friends went to the movie "Easy A" and by the time we left the theater we had laughed so hard our mascara was running. The movie was good but that wasn't the only reason we were laughing we were laughing because we are so close we can just be ourselves around each other and say the most random stuff and laugh about it for hours. We have a lot of inside jokes that we will randomly say and if you didn't know what it means you would probably think we were the strangest group of people you have ever met. But that's okay because we have fun when we are around each other.
I play tennis for my high school team and I think it has got to be one of the best sports out there. I could be having the most awful days ever but when I go to practice after school and step onto the court with my racket in my hand and a tennis ball in the other all of the days problems just go away. I also play the piano. I have technically been playing for 8 years but for the first 5 years I didn't care much for it. I only went because my mother made me and when I was little she would have to bribe me to practice. I absolutely loathed it but she knew she was doing the right thing by making me go because now I play all the time. There will be some days where I come home from tennis and sit down at the piano to play and before I know it a couple hours will have past and I still have homework to do. I know it sounds kind of obsessive but it relaxes me, and when I finish a song that has taken for ever to perfect I get a feeling of accomplishment and I know that I finished that song all by myself.
Another thing about me is that my family is really close. I live with my mom and dad and my dog Evanna. I have two sisters but they are both grown up and live in their own houses. I also have a nephew named Joseph and you will probably hear me talk about him a lot because he is just so cute. He just turned 2 on labor day weekend and he is obsessed with dinosaurs. Everything is "dino, dino, dino." For his birthday everybody got him something to do with dinosaurs and I swear there isn't a single dinosaur thing left within a 100 mile radius. Their living room floor looked like a miniature Jurassic Park because there were dinosaurs everywhere.
Okay well now I have told you a little bit about my friends, my hobbies and my life. So now I will talk to you later about the thoughts of Tara. See ya!
I play tennis for my high school team and I think it has got to be one of the best sports out there. I could be having the most awful days ever but when I go to practice after school and step onto the court with my racket in my hand and a tennis ball in the other all of the days problems just go away. I also play the piano. I have technically been playing for 8 years but for the first 5 years I didn't care much for it. I only went because my mother made me and when I was little she would have to bribe me to practice. I absolutely loathed it but she knew she was doing the right thing by making me go because now I play all the time. There will be some days where I come home from tennis and sit down at the piano to play and before I know it a couple hours will have past and I still have homework to do. I know it sounds kind of obsessive but it relaxes me, and when I finish a song that has taken for ever to perfect I get a feeling of accomplishment and I know that I finished that song all by myself.
Another thing about me is that my family is really close. I live with my mom and dad and my dog Evanna. I have two sisters but they are both grown up and live in their own houses. I also have a nephew named Joseph and you will probably hear me talk about him a lot because he is just so cute. He just turned 2 on labor day weekend and he is obsessed with dinosaurs. Everything is "dino, dino, dino." For his birthday everybody got him something to do with dinosaurs and I swear there isn't a single dinosaur thing left within a 100 mile radius. Their living room floor looked like a miniature Jurassic Park because there were dinosaurs everywhere.
Okay well now I have told you a little bit about my friends, my hobbies and my life. So now I will talk to you later about the thoughts of Tara. See ya!
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