I have never found anything more important to the growth of my well-being than friendships. I'll talk about my childhood friendships, the heartbreak of having to lose them, and compare that to how I value friendships now. So, let's go back in time to when I was a young child, at the age of four. When I was four years old, I found my best friend and he continues to hold that place to this day. His name is Garrett. When we first met, he was six and I was four, so logically we didn't get along at all. The way I met him was my dad was dating a woman named Kristi. He got really close to her and saw that Kristi got along really well with my sister and me. So he wanted us to meet the rest of Kristi's family. The majority of the family members were older than us and only one person was around the same age. It was Garrett. They wanted my sister and I to become friends with Garrett so there would be that connection as well, so my mother-in-law took responsibility for us getting together three times a week to go out and do whatever we wanted. At first there was no connection between us. We all liked to do different things and the age difference also played a huge role. Garrett and my sister were the same age, born only two days apart, didn't get along because they were six and like most six year olds, girls didn't get along with boys and vice versa. Even though I was two years younger, to him I was just a boring little kid. So neither of us got along at first, but as you probably guessed, that didn't last long. Over the course of a year, we all became best friends. We did everything together, Garrett would ask to have a sleepover with me and I asked to have a sleepover with him every weekend. After a while, ...... middle of paper ......e in the story, his mother did everything she could to try to change his mind. She asked the priest to cast out the demons in him, among other things. (Rosa, 545) Because he had chosen this path, I decided it would be best for me to no longer be friends with him. So I once again endured the pain of losing a friend. I still hang out with my other friends from high school and understand the importance of making friends even now. Friendship has always been and most likely always could be the most important thing to me and my well-being. I had friends when I was a child, but I lost them when I chose wealth, but through the grace of God, I regained those friendships and learned my lesson in the process. I would never choose a life of wealth if it meant losing the things most important to me again, and I hope my story teaches you the same..