thank you for my everything

before this blog takes off and i post maybe about a paragraph each day, i want to take the time to thank everyone in my life who has forever changed me. the people i have mentioned are: mom, landon, sam, kelsey, rosina, boone, blair, ben, bryce, jeff, gloria, jordan, & olivia mcgregor as well as olivia monroe. find yourself to see how thankful i am!

mom- you are truly one of the most amazing people in my life. you are so humble, kind, loving, caring, helpful, and everything else i love seeing in people. the thing that i love best about you would have to be how amazingly loyal you are to god. you are one of the strongest christians i know and that is what i need most in my life.

sam- you have to be the coolest younger brother on the planet. we get along 90% of the time and you actually listen to what i tell you (well, most of the time). i just want you to know that i only want what's best for you- that's why i try to guide you away from what is wrong and toward what is right. i am so lucky to have such a great brother and i'll always be here for you under any circumstances. also, i totally forgive you for shooting me in the arm. =)

landon- you are a really cool brother as well, but in your own ways. when we were younger, i always was skipping around in your footsteps and that was because i needed your guidance. even though you didn't always give it to me (now and then) i thank you for the times that you do/did. i love the moments when we have great times together and even though i'm 2 years younger than you, i'm actually pretty fun to be with....if you would give me more chances. i would like to stop arguing with you so often, but you also need to start working on being a little more tolerable. i will also always be here for you-whenever you need me.

kelsey- you are unlike any friend i have ever had. all of my life, i have had friendships that drift in each year and then awaythe next. thankfully, you are different. you and i have more in common than almost anyone else i have called my friend.thank you for being loyal, kind, helpful, accepting, and once again, pretty much everything else i love seeing in a friend. i truly believe that we will be best friends for a long time. even though we enjoy annoying the other on a daily basis, our opinions clash, you get mad at me, i give you the silent treatment (lol that was a funny day), and everything else we do to each other, you're awesome and (words cannot express but i'll use these) i'm one of the luckiest people in the world to have a friend like you. thanks.

rosina- wow, rosina. you have taught me so much about the stage, life, people, and being a leader. it is amazing how much theatre teaches you about life and its components. i want to thank you for being that person in my life whotaught me these things. also, you have quite possibly opened the door to my future. thanks.

boone- haha, i never thought you'd end up in this! i don't know what it is about you that i love being around so much. i really enjoy hanging out with you-especially in the summer. thank you for being like a third brother- and maybe a smidgen more- to me since we were in diapers. i think it's really cool that i can say i have known someone for 14 years who is also the same age, so i can relate to you. thanks boonie.

speaking of the bowlings...

blair- well, 12 or 13 years seems like a long time to be stuck in the middle between all these guys! it's been fun being able to have a really cool girl like you on my side during countless summers. thank goodness you were a girl, or else i'd be all alone! haha,but really, it's been fun!

ben- well ben, i don't really know what to say to you buddy. you have really matured since you were born, and it's been cool to watch you turn into the boy you are today. i think that you are a really unique person and even though you 're in 4th grade, i love hangin out with ya. stay cool!

bryce- ok, you're what? 4? in my book, that's no different. you're a cool little kid and it has been fun to also watch you grow up. i really cannot believe you're that old already! it seems like yesterday you were being bottle fed by johanna while we went out on the lake, and look at you now! you're already out there on the tube!

jeff- mr. b, how will i ever forget you? never. thank you so much for all of the great summers. without you, what would we be doing during those hot days? thanks so much for all you've given, shared with, and taught us!

now out of the bowlings...

gloria- first of all, without you, i would not be blogging. thank you for that!! you are an amazing person and i'm really glad that we will be going to the same high school!! also, you're really fun to be with and i really enjoy your presence in my life! we might have clashing opinions sometimes, you try running up behind me and scare me (which, if you've noticed, NEVER WORKS), lol, i have always though you were a really cool person and i enjoy being around you every day!
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jordan- i've always though that you were really cool person. from the time we met ( in like what, 4th grade maybe?) anyway, from passing basketballs back then to seeing you every day at school, you've always been a fun person to be with. =) thank you for making me smile every day. also, thank you for giving me someone to laugh at every day!! (jk even though i do) even though i might make fun of you using the power of sarcasm sometimes....well a lot lol...you're a good sport about it, mostly becasue you laugh right along with me. but that's another great thing about you- your easily forgiving nature.

olivia mc- i am so thankful that facebook reconnected us after all these years. i never knew that my 2nd cousin was so cool! also, it has been great to be able to turn to you when i'm in need and just talk. you're like that amazing older sister i never received! (but definitely wayyy better) i really hope that we will be able to see each other this summer. (we really need to work on that!)

olivia mo- wow, first, i have to say thanks. you are so amazing! i am so thankful to have known you for how long- 5 yrs? yeah. anyway, i have always known that i can find you in one place- church. that's what i have always needed. as i truly learned this year, friendships are built on Christ.and you know what? that's the way it has always been with us. this year, i finally saw the light, more clearly than ever before. and you know who led me there? you. you have no idea how just being at church whenever i went did for me. and then in january, you set the ultimate example that has changed my life forever. i thank god every day for you olivia, and i also would like to thank you, so much.

i could go on and on, but tonight, i'm calling it quits.