AIKEN'S NOTES: A true friend is, indeed, a priceless gift, and I think that is evident throughout my novel, In a Brother's Eyes, a book which, to me, epitomizes something I have always believed: your closest friends become your family. I have heard it said that, "a friend is someone who knows everything about you and loves you anyway," and this is, of course, true of the circle of friends within this novel. It touches my heart to know that the author of this Guest Blogger installment and her friends used my book to remind themselves of the importance of friendship.
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Friendship
In a Brother's Eyes: the Brant McLachlan Story is a book that I think most teenagers can relate to. If you have ever attended high school or grown up in a small town, you can certainly relate to the characters in this book. I was a cheerleader in high school, just like Jennifer. I had a close circle of friends like she did. I even had a little brother who worshiped my boyfriend, the starting free safety on our high school's football team. After I finished reading In a Brother's Eyes, I
made my boyfriend and my best friend read it too because I thought they would enjoy the story and perhaps learn the same lesson that the book reminded me of.We saw ourselves in the characters in the book, though our lives didn't exactly mirror the characters. In a way, I was envious of the lives the characters in the book led because, no matter what happened, they always fell back on their love for each other. Even when relationships became strained sometimes, they always found their way back to what mattered most! They were a family, and the friendship shared between this special group of people was the basis for the entire novel. The part of the book that my friends and I could agree on is that friendship is something you have to nurture, work on and be dedicated to because it doesn't always come as easy as it should.
My boyfriend and I broke up this year, and I am proud to say that we genuinely remain friends. Because we had always hung out in the same circle, an awkward breakup would have been difficult not only on both of us, but on all of our friends. So my boyfriend and I were not meant to spend forever as a couple. We have moved on. But the one part of our relationship that we hold on to is our friendship. We have talked about what we both learned from the characters in this book, and we know that, though our feeling for each other are not what they once were, our friendship will always remain strong. We still watch Georgia football games together and cheer on the Falcons together with all our friends. We go to the movies and hang out like old times. We have been so close for so long that he is like a member of my family, and I hope that no matter where life takes us, that will never change!
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*Submitted by Laurie, a former high school cheerleader and an avid football fan who will be a freshman at the University of Georgia in the fall.
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