A Time of ChangeHow did this happen and why? My brother and I were shocked and wondering why we had to move. My parents explained to us why we had to move. My father had found a new job far from home and the travel time was too much for him. I stayed up all night trying to think of how to explain this to my friends. I thought: why me and why now, what will I do? The next morning my brother and I met Ian, Luke and Abby, our good friends. I explained to them about the move. We were all upset because we had been friends for seven years and didn't want to think about what life would be like without each other around. We did our best not to think about it for now. It was the start of summer vacation and I had just received some good news and some bad news. The good news; my parents just announced that I was having another sibling. My brother was excited about a new sibling, because that meant he wasn't the youngest anymore. My brother and I told our friends the news when we met that day. And the bad news; Ian announced he was moving this summer. We were frantic. We didn't want our friend to leave. We tried to dissuade his parents from doing so, to no avail. I was distressed because there had always been five of us and we were inseparable. Summer came and we were playing in the woods. When we had the idea to build a fort before Ian moved. We needed one last project together before things changed. However the question of where to build was a problem. Luke and Abby's yard was too small, mine was about the same, and Ian lived two blocks away. We walked through Luke and Abby's yard but didn't see a place that looked nice. My backyard was empty except for the giant rocks that served as king of the mountain. Then we noticed the steep...middle of the paper......we would never lose our friendships even if we were apart. I thought about all the good times we had together, the water wars, the explorations, and the other things we did for fun. I thought about the times when we were there for each other through all the hardships and how we did our best to help each other. As the van approached the mountains, I smiled and looked ahead, ready for what lay ahead knowing my friends were always there. I will be there for me, with this I knew that the next chapter of life maybe wouldn't be so difficult after all. Some say that a true friend is worth more than a thousand relatives, I had many true friends and I still think so. I feel humbly blessed by the Lord for putting so many good people in my life even at a young age. My advice to you from this essay is don't take your friends for granted, I have been through hard times in the past and those friends were always there for me and still are.