Merry Christmas Dillon! From, Libby

This year I got Dillon for my Christmas service. As I sat and thought about what I could do, I remembered how friendly Dillon is to other people. So I decided that as I started my first year in Junior High I would try to become friends with as many people as possible. I would especially try to reach out to those who didn't have many or any friends. As school came to a start, there weren't many people who I saw that didn't have friends. I kept looking knowing that there has to be someone who doesn't have any friends, or may be in need of one. The first person I was able to make friends with was Emily. Emily was born deaf and had tried a few hearing aids but none of them were able to help her hear. After a while her parents were able to get her hearing aids that were surgically attached to her brain so she could hear. Emily is super funny and nice, but for whatever reasons not many kids wanted to be her friend. I started getting to know her, and be became quick friends. She told me that I changed her life with my kindness and that she was glad we were friends.

            Another person I reached out to was Tyra. Tyra is again nice but a little bigger. But with Tyra I quickly realized the reason she didn't have many friends was because it took a lot of patience to keep listening to her talk. Tyra is willing to talk about almost anything and everything. It gets to a point where it starts to get hard having a conversation with her because she just keeps going. But I knew that for that reason I need to be patient and all that much kinder. But after a while of having three classes together she slowly started talking a little bits less. (I think she ran out of things to talk about) But, the day before Christmas Break she told me that I have been the only person to be her friend for that long and how much she appreciated it.

            Now I know that if it weren't for this, I would not have been looking specifically for someone who needs a friend. I also want you to ask yourself, who are you missing out on being friends with?