…but you do it anyway.
This past week my first and closet friend in Arizona had to do the bulk of her work on her master’s thesis. Her coding method for her research was approved Thursday morning and she had to have all of her coding done by 9:30am Friday morning. Since she has a full-time job, that meant she had to code over 440 entries in less than 13 hours. To code one entry took approximately 2 minutes, equating to nearly 15 hours of work. The math is pretty obvious there.
Martha and I met through school. She was there when I had no idea what to write about for my media law class. She helped me through my final project so I could graduate. Hell, she even tried to help me sell Arbonne so I could make ends meet over the summer when I was freelancing.
So even though it sucked to stay up until 1am Thursday night and then get up again 5 hours later to help her code the entries – I did it.
My youngest sister is currently undergoing bone marrow testing to see if she is a match for her 22-year-old friend that was recently diagnosed with Leukemia. Being confirmed as a match means she will have a huge needle inserted into her hip or spine in an incredibly painful procedure.
Sometimes being a friend just plain sucks. It’s time consuming, painful and the last thing on earth you want to do.
But you do it. Because you know someday you’re going to need someone there for you.
You are spot on, Katie, and I’m not even English. I love the word “unconditional”, and as far as I’m concerned, friendship should be unconditional by definition – the same as love should be unconditional. Can that mean that you could have to endure some excruciating events? As your post illustrated, the answer is obvious. I love this post, Katie.
Thanks for being a friend to Martha.