The brave ones:

Do you know any brave person? I do. I see them everyday. They are part of my crazy but loving family, they are among my dear classmates and they are present among my friends. Today I want to tell you about a special friend. I met her when I was in first year of high school. By that time I was scared to death in such a huge school, full of noisy people all around. By chance I saw her chatting with other girls and I got impressed by the way she was able to maintain a conversation with older girls that she had just met. Anyway, she approached, and we started to talk. We discovered that not only were we classmates but also neighbors. In this way we started a friendship that has undergone a lot.
During the five years we studied at high school, we started a band of folk music and we even performed in different shows!!! I cannot believe I had done that, but I know that I did it because my friend had enough confidence in the two of us. Even when the idea of the band got to an end, my friend continued studying music, in spite of the problems she had: her family was not at its best moment and everything seemed to fall apart in a minute. Now if you think that my friend ran out screaming (as I would have done) you are wrong. She faced her father and defended her mom and her little sister. She was the one who encouraged her mother to fight and not to give up. She was 15 and yet she was a warrior of life already. It is because of her that her family finally saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
Nowadays my best friend is about to obtain her degree, something that she has fought for since the very first moment she went to university. And she also found love! She finally found what she had looked for without knowing. It came by chance, and I think it came to stay. I don´t know what people might thing about her choice and I don´t care either. She looks great. And her smile is back in her. Back like in the old good times.
My dear friend, if you ever read this, I just want you to know how much you mean for me. I saw you the other day and I meant to tell it to you face to face but, well, you know me. What matters is that I´ll ALWAYS be there for you when you need it. You deserve everything you have earned and you know it. If there´s someone on earth that has to be happy is you. I wish you the best and I thank God for having known you. I hope this friendship that has lived for 12 years stay fore ever. I love you girl!