"Friends"

This was originally going to be about what the year 2008 had been like, but my day went so far downhill that I'm going to complain about that instead. Bear with me...

I'm so tired of so called friends and they way they treat me. I'm tired of all the crap that comes my way. I'm tired of lending a helping hand and then being crapped on for doing it. I'm tired of being used and abused.

I truly don't think that I ask for much from a friendship. I want honesty and respect. I think those are really the foundations to any relationship that you have. If you can't be honest, there is no trust. If there is no respect, there is no honor. Come on...how much am I really asking of these "friends" of mine? Do any of you expect or accept less than that from your own friends? I highly doubt it. I just want friends that like/love me for who I am, not what I can give them or do for them.

I do have a few good friends that treat me the way I deserve to be treated, and I know that they know who they are. They have become very important to me. I lost one of them for a while, but we have mended our fences now. I'm extremely blessed to have her back in my life. I hope that our friendship will continue to grow.