Strength when a World is falling down

Its amazing how strong one can become when one really needs to be that way ....

My dear friend from since we were 6 years old, texted me today and pointed out how much her life is falling apart. I kind of have been waiting for that day to come, but I didn't know when it would. It was today. Because after she texted me that I asked why and got back "Bc. I'm not in school. I hate my job. I think I'm going to quit even tho its stupid to. Malcolm is gone. Terry is gone. My mom is gone. Zak is just like my dad .... He's getting ds in school and he chews tobacco. My little sister is a bitch. I love her but I don't like her."

I have been waiting for the day everything finally hit her and she realized that life would never be the same. She called me and began crying. I know I can't relate to loosing my mother or having my family treat me like I am nothing. She has been thinking about getting new furnature for her apartment, but the money she would use came with a hefty price that many don't understand. I know how much that money cost her, because I know how close she was to her mother. Its still unbelievable that Lisa is gone. And I know Tia misses her. I tried to reassure her. Let her know I was always here for her and I know my mother will be too. Because my mom always did see her like another daughter. We were inseperable in our younger years.

Even when I feel weak, I know I have to be strong for my friends. And today I did what I could to be that pillar she needed. Someone to just cry to as she realized how much things had changed. I can only imagine what she's been through. And I pray I never have to go through some of it. But she knows I am here, and I always will be. So many things have just made us get closer. And I love her like a sister in so many ways. I have always wished things were better for her. Because I have seen her deal with her dad in and out of jail and everything else too.

I am thankful for my family .... And I am thankful to have her still! I only hope she knows that!