My best friend!

I have known my best friend for 14 years. She was one of the first people that I met when I moved in third grade. She lived behind me, which made it very convenient for us to hang out. Her family treated me like I was one of the family. Her mom won tickets to Celine Dion when I was in fourth grade. Amanda and her mom asked me to go with them. I was really excited considering I'd never been to a concert before (Celine Dion sounds lame, but it was the year the Titanic came out, so it was pretty good).

We went to grade school together from third to sixth grade. She moved at the end of sixth grade and I didn't get to see her as much. We went to different middle schools and high schools too. I used to go to her house and stay for two or three days at a time. There were always things that we did together. Most of the time we went to the movies or to dinner.

When I turned 16 years old, my mom threw me a surprise party. I had no idea this was happening. Amanda and her family "kidnapped" me for a day so my mom and dad could get everything ready for the party. I walked in the door and was totally surprised. All my friends and family were there. Amanda knew about it the whole time and never told me! But all in all, it was a good party. I got a car, a ring, and money. I was pretty content with it lol.

After I got my car, I would visit her more often. We still did the same things, with the exception that I would drive us around. I felt more like an adult rather than having our parents drop us off and pick us up.

Towards the end of my junior year, she told me that her dad got offered a job in Columbus, Ohio and that she might have to move away. I was hurt and didn't know what to think about my best friend leaving me. I knew that her parents had to make the best decision for their family, but at the same time I was losing a part of me. Her dad decided to take the job in Columbus and Amanda moved that summer in between junior and senior year. We told each other that we would keep in touch through phone, email and Instant Messenger.

After she moved I didn't see her much my senior year. She came down for a couple weekends throughout the year but nothing like it used to be. I graduated in May 2005, and little did I know, her and her family were at my graduation. I was totally surprised and very happy to see her. We went out to lunch with her family and just caught up on a few things.

A few months later I drove up to see her in Columbus, and we went to a concert that her dad got tickets from his company. We were in a box seats and everything paid for, it was awesome! I wish I would've spent more time with her but I had to get back to Cincinnati because I was about to start my first semester at The College of Mount St. Joseph as a freshman. I had to go out and get everything that I needed for my transition from high school into a college student.

When college started for us, we were both too busy to see each other. She ran track for Dennison University and I played softball for The Mount. We both had a lot things on our plates and didn't have time to have social lives. We didn't see each other for a year a half. We couldn't schedule a time where both of us were free to hang out.

She came down a week early for my 21st birthday last year. We went out to dinner with my roommates, she met my boyfriend, and went to get my birthday presents. It was the first time I had seen her in almost a year.

I got to see her last May when I was up in Columbus for a wedding with my boyfriend. He let me borrow his car and I drove 45 minutes to see her while he went out with his friends that night. We went and ate dinner, and went and hung out at her apartment. It was the first time that we had a chance to catch up in 9 months. She was turning 21 the next day but I had to go to the wedding. I gave her a car and money and I had to go. I wish I would've stayed longer.

Since then, we haven't talked very much. She's still at school at Dennison busy with track and classes. I'm finishing up my senior year here in Cincinnati at The Mount. Hopefully she will be able to come to my graduation party in the summer. I miss her =]