Someone once told me to find a best friend I could suffer with, and I used to think that sounded sad. Then life happened, and I finally understood what it meant. Friendship is not just who eats lunch with you or grabs a soda with you; it is who holds you when you are drowning and then stays to help you build something out of the mess. That is the kind of person who does not just make your life better, they help you survive it.