A Birthday For A Very Special Friend

Today is my very best friends' birthday. We have always been friends ever since I could remember she was there. We spent every extra moment together, inseparable I guess you could say. She knew me better than anyone else and loved me in all my glory and in all my not so pretty stages of life and attitude. She never judged and always had an open mind about everything. When she was seven she was diagnosed with Leukemia. On and off for the next 13 years she battled. Other than the physical alteration of having no hair you would never know she was sick. My heart aches for her for all the things that she missed out on due to her illness that a normal teenager would have taken for granted, including myself: Junior High, High School, boyfriends, graduation, college, love. Yet she never once complained and continued to live life to her fullest until she lost her battle on August 21. 2005. She was, is, and probably will always remain the most caring and unselfish person I have ever known. I miss her everyday. She was truly an angel on earth and I would not be the person I am today with out her unconditional love and friendship. So to my friend on her birthday - I love you, miss you and will always remember the good days. Thank you for always being you and teaching me how to be true to myself.


Andy (my brother) with Shell

I'm the goofy lookin child in glasses :)