I have never found anything more important to the growth of my well-being than friendships. I'll talk about my friendships as a child, the pain of losing them, and compare it to how I value friendships now. So, let's go back in time to when I was a child at the age of four. When I was four 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 was getting very close to her and saw that Kristi got along very well with me and my sister. So he wanted us to meet the rest of Kristi's family. Most of the family was older than us and only one person was around our age. That was Garrett. They wanted my sister and I to be friends with Garrett so there would be that bond too, so my stepmom took it upon herself to get the three of us together a couple times a week to hang out and do whatever we wanted. At first there was no connection between us. We all had fun doing different things and the age difference also played a huge role. Garrett and my sister were the same age, born only two days apart they didn't really 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, I was just an annoying kid to him. So at first none of us got along, but as you probably guessed that didn't last long. Within a year we all became best friends. We did everything together, Garrett asked to have sleepovers with me and I asked to have sleepovers with him every weekend. After a while, ... halfway through the paper ... and the story, his mother did everything she could think of to try to change his mind. He asked the priest to cast out the demons in him, among other things. (Rosa ,545) Since she had chosen that path, I decided that it would be best for me to no longer be her friend. So once again I went through 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 always has been and most likely always could be the most important thing to me and my well-being. I had friends as a child, but I lost them when I chose wealth instead, but through God's grace I regained those friendships and learned my lesson in the process. I would never choose a rich life if it meant losing the things most important to me again, and I hope my story teaches you the same.