When I made it to my junior year, I thought I had already made my friends for life. I was not necessarily open to new relationships, and I was not overly social. I did all of the same things and did not bother branching out. Hannah Hennings and I first bonded on the night of homecoming. Neither of us had dates so we danced the night away and just had fun together. After that, Hannah and I started to hang out more and more, bonding even more through speech. In February of 2016, Hannah and I both participated in individual speech. She was participating in the poetry category, and I was participating in the prose category. We both helped each other in practice and gave each other tips to get better. Hannah made it all the way to All-State Speech with that …show more content…
When I became friends with Hannah, I had two main people that I spent all of my time with. Now, with Hannah leading me in making new friends, I have an entire group of people that I can trust with anything. Hannah encourages me everyday to be positive and keep my head up, because there will always be a silver lining. Hannah pushes me to my limit, even when I think she should leave me alone. If I had not met Hannah, I am not sure that I would have tried out for the spring play last year, which turned out to be one of the greatest experiences of my whole