for my class.
After
being around one group of people for most of the time in the last 3 years, I
couldn't help but to become incredibly attached to you guys. Love is to want
another's good, and I think love is pretty contagious in the class, even though
its often subconscious. This love is shown pretty clearly to me through the
escalation of happiness when Cooper won a MT award after acting in jeans and a
t-shirt, or when Megan shines in her singing and drama roles and you can't help but to feel incredibly proud of
her. When Davin finally got around to dunking and our happiness and excitement
overflowed. Our frustration when Riley didn't get the ROTC scholarship because
we all know what an incredible person
he is. These are just a few examples, but I could come up with more. While we
do love each other more than we know I think, I don't deny the presence of
disagreement and argument in our class. But one time, Mr. Miller said something
to me in his office..."It's a strange dynamic to say the least...they fight
like brothers and sisters, yet they are always there to defend one another when
something comes up." It really stuck. I had been thinking about this a lot
lately and over the years have collected a lot of memories that mean more than
I can say with every single person. Graduation is ...tomorrow, and time is
slipping right through my fingers. I am completely ready to graduate and get
out of school, but there are some things that just have to be remembered before
moving onto other things.
With
Ben, I laugh out loud thinking about things we say or do...he showed me how to
really throw a football, we had insane hotel adventures in London, we have had
countless study hall laughs, thrown lots of stuff around, he encouraged me with
Davin more than anyone else when i started basketball for the first time, and
he has given me invaluable advice and plenty of extremely meaningful pep-talks.
Megan has licked me, come with me to the dentist office in the name of getting
work done on a project, danced a crazy Prince of Egypt dance in Mr. wilson's
room with me, made a bus cake with me, cried with me, and pulled all-nighters
with me. Madi and I bought ate a whole pizza & breadsticks for lunch. I
have given her a ..few..tattoos, we stayed up till two in the morning one time,
talking about EVERYTHING in her hot-tub, and played volleyball and basketball
together. In my mind, Riley is the ideal cowboy. He has also advised me several
times in the following fashion: "What if you marry him someday Meghan?
Would you still say that?", we have played bullies in a music video
together, we broke a light with a volleyball, and had intense pillow and pen
wars. I have teased Heather more than I should have probably :) and tried to
scare her, I have tried to be smarter than Heather. I have creeped on her, and
she has made me laugh very, very hard. Libby has done crazy make-up in sephora
with me. We snuck out in the snow one day and failed at attacking a boy-army in
the snow...we tried to be stealthy. We've done sidewalk chalk, laid in curtains
and eaten a lot of oreos at our brothers' JH bball game. Ok maybe I ate most of
the oreos. :) I've gotten mad at coop, and he's gotten mad at me. We've said
sorry to eachother a lot :) we've taken a webcam picture with Mr. Rallens, we
have filmed insane music videos and video edited together. He has mimicked me
endlessly, scared me really, really bad, gone to art in park with me, and we've
had community service adventures. Hannah has put me in headlocks that sometimes
really really hurt! She has sung the National Anthem with me, and we have also
played basketball and volleyball together. We've done lots of hair and
braiding, and she's helped me learn how to box-out :) I have picked Kade up off
the side of the road. We've played in duet competitions, and called eachother
slobs. He has given me countless advice on a LOT of different things, and is
very wise. I will miss him telling me "that's not a word." Katy was
my first friend at the school. She brought me movies and books and chocolate
when i had pneumonia, she's cried her eyes our next to me while watching
Titanic, went on huge junk food rampages with me, drowned our sorrows in salt
and vinegar chips our first (my only ;)) year of Mock Trial. I have been
co-dance DJ with Davin, and he's been my pen target practice. He's given me the
biggest and funnest bruise i ever acquired, he's tipped my chair countless
times, we have *also* had big pillow fights. He has white-washed me, and has
been a friend that I needed. Ruth and I have been bored together, we have
watched tons of wacky movies together, we taken spontaneous bike rides, studied
for innumerable tests, she's cared for me when i don't deserve it, and made me
laugh like crazy. Laura has competed with me, always been happy and cheerful
around me...she's given me science and math help, and puts others above
herself.
Tell me
how I am supposed to move on with my life without all of these wonderful, and
incredibly influential people around me? All i can say is that I love and will
always love you guys more than I can say. Thank you for everything.
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