Okay, so yesterday I decided to dive into the world of “losing best friend quotes.” It’s a bit of a downer topic, I know, but I’ve been going through some stuff, and sometimes reading about other people’s experiences helps, you know?
I started by just hitting up Google. I typed in “losing best friend quotes” and, boom, tons of stuff popped up. Mostly those image quotes, you know, the ones with pretty backgrounds and fancy fonts. I scrolled through a bunch of those, saving a few that really hit home.
Then I moved onto Pinterest. I figured there’d be a lot of those same image quotes, but maybe organized a little better. And yeah, I was right. I created a new board called “Friendship Stuff” and started pinning quotes that resonated with me. Some were sad, some were angry, some were just… accepting. It was a weird mix of emotions, but it felt good to kind of categorize them.
Digging a little deeper
After Pinterest, I thought, “Okay, let’s see if there are any actual articles or blog posts about this.” So I went back to Google and searched for things like “losing a best friend blog” and “coping with friendship breakup.”
- I found a few personal essays that were really powerful. People sharing their own stories of how their friendships ended, and how they dealt with it. It was comforting to know I wasn’t the only one feeling this way.
- It’s tough, like it feels a bit dramatic writing about them, and i wanted to make the feelings valid, and the practice proved that.
- I even stumbled upon a couple of forums where people were discussing the same thing. Reading through the comments and seeing the support people were offering each other was actually really uplifting.
I copied and pasted some of the quotes and passages from the articles into a Word document. I’m not sure what I’ll do with them yet. Maybe I’ll print them out and put them in my journal. Maybe I’ll just re-read them when I’m feeling down. Honestly, i copied them into words docs to make myself feel better, and it did!
The whole process was kind of therapeutic, in a way. It’s like, by surrounding myself with these words and stories, I was acknowledging my own pain and realizing that it’s okay to feel this way. Losing a best friend is a big deal, and it’s something that a lot of people go through. And it’s okay to grieve that loss.
So, yeah, that’s what I did yesterday. It wasn’t exactly a fun project, but it was a helpful one. And sometimes, that’s all you need.
