According to the Oxford dictionary, the meaning of “Love” is feeling an intense deep affection towards someone whether it be your friends, family, or relationships. Rangers share their affection towards their friends and what “love” means to them.
By: Carissa Chavez and Emmah Abney
Friendships are a lifelong connection that many students experience at Redwood High School. Whether it be just at school or outside of school, Rangers share their story of how they met their best of friends.
Sadie Hemphill, ’25, and Gwyn Miller, ’25, says, “We met through dance when we were like three years old and we also went to preschool together.”
Reese Huerta, ’25, and Chris Cano, ’25, became friends and were inseparable ever since. They share the story of how they met and the details of their friendship.
Huerta says, “We became friends in AVID and one day we just started talking and basically never stopped.”
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For most friends, sharing a similar interest and a classroom can bring them together and become the beginning of a lifelong friendship.
Cano says, “We have been nonstop ever since.”
Being so young and still staying best friends, years later, Sadie and Gwyn share the meaning of love to them and why it matters in their friendships.
Miller says, “love means listening, Sadie is a really good listener [and] she always listens to me when I complain about everything.”
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As a teen, finding friends that are true and good listeners is special as it is not always common. The friendship that these two share is something that a lot of people would want to find.
Hemphill says, “Love means spending time with each other, anything is fun when we are together.”
Addi Beal and Libby Thompson, ’25, share their experiences with each other and how they became best friends starting their freshman year of high school.
Beal and Thompson say, “We became friends freshman year when we ate lunch in Martino’s classroom.”
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Ever since their first interaction, their friendship has progressed and turned into something lifelong. These girls found similar interests in one another and developed a friendship that was so effortless.
Beal says, “We have been friends for 4 years and counting.”
Although their friendship just sparked during their freshman year, they cannot wait to go through life together and grow together.
Thompson says, “It feels like I’ve known her all my life and I can’t wait to go through life with her.”
To Huerta and Cano love is a deeper meaning than just sharing a class and hanging out with eachother.They both see love as something special and unconditional.
Huerta says, “Love means seeing someone out through their best and worst days” and Cano says “It means to me to care for someone unconditionally.”
Being friends all through high school for Beal and Thompson has shown them what Love means and how important it is.
They both agreed that love means, “Being there for someone no matter what, even if it costs you something.”
Carissa Chavez
Carissa Chavez '25 is a fourth time year journalism writer with the Redwood Gigantea. She enjoys writing and is excited to write stories throughout the year about lifestyles and feautures. Outside of Redwood Gigantea, Carissa is a baker and apart of the certified nursing assistant program.You can reach her by email at caris.ch3841@vusd.us
Emmah Abney
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