Oh man, where do I start, who do I choose? There are quite a few people in my life that I am entirely thankful for; my parents, my friends, my cat (haha). And none of them go as an understatement. I love them all. But when it comes down to having to choose, I would have to say one of closest friends, Katie.
Roughly eighteen years ago it was my day as "line leader" in my preschool class for the walk down the hall to restrooms and then to lunch. The secondary line leader (the one who would fill my position if I were to have been absent in class) was a thin red headed girl with sparkly pointed toe flats. While waiting for the rest of the line to form, I turned to her and told her that I liked her shoes. That was the beginning to something grand. From that day on we were inseparable, that is until Kindergarten started and I went off public school, while she went off to a private Catholic school. We would see each other briefly when her class would come to my school to use our gymnasium, or a few years through out grade school when we rode the same bus. She tells me that one time on the bus I insisted that she look under the seat, and when she did, I had mooned her. I don't recall this, but I am not surprised either. I had a bit of a butt showing habit throughout my childhood, and well, I suppose I never dropped that habit. Haha. Anyway, throughout elementary school it was far and few between that we interacted, due to lack of being around each other. That is, until sixth grade when she came to the public middle school. I remember her being in my science class, and we kept looking at each other, because we knew who we were, but we weren't really sure what to say to each other. I don't really recall how we got reacquainted either, but we did. It's funny, because although we were separated during a developmental time we both were really similar and ended up in the same "click". After our re-acquaintance we were back to being inseparable. We spent A LOT of weekends at each other's homes. Once we got into high school our "group" (we actually called our circle of 8 friends "the group" haha) slightly deteriorated. Katie and I remained close though, and after graduation we both moved into the city, separately, but still hung out as much as possible. And almost two years ago, we became roommates.
I have three "best friends", whom I love dearly, but out of those girls, Katie is the one that I connect with on all levels. I am able to communicate with her very well, intellectually, spiritually, what have you. She actually listens and understands, and isn't just waiting for her turn to talk. She gives great advice, and we always have fun together. Not to mention we have only gotten into three fights our entire eighteen years of friendship. I am thankful for her, because with out her encouragement I wouldn't be where I am today. She helped me to get out of a relationship that wasn't beneficial to me in any way, she encouraged me to go to school for yoga, and when I got my photoshoot done and showed her the photos her response was "ow ow", "woooahhh", "yeahhh", and everything positive to almost every one. She has helped me through hard times, and has added extra light to the good times.
Overall, I love this girl. She is the fucking bee knees.
