One of my "Top People"

Over the next idon'tknowhowlong i am going to be writing about some of my favorite people, and the impact they have had on my life. I was thinking of doing a "top ten countdown" type thing, but really it would not be fair- there would be too many ties! (i will state my top three, though, because i am very sure of them! 1. Scott Alexander Breakall, 2. Kathleen Marie Thompson, and 3. Melissa Renee Thompson. There. now stop fighting everyone!) The person i want to write about today is someone who would probably be surprised to find herself on this list, since we have not been as close for the past few years. What she does not know is that to me she was on of the first true examples of a good friend. She is getting married in less than a month, and i am so very excited for her. She will be an amazing wife- i am sure of it. She is a loving, loyal and selfless friend, one who will go so far above and beyond it is unbelievable! A few examples:

• During a point in Scott and my courtship where my mother insisted on reading all my letters- Kristine mailed them for me! i would bring a stack of envelopes to school and she would faithfully take them home and mail them.
• She called Scott's parents to talk to them and help me out when I was having trouble at home. Once, i was really having a hard time at home, and Kris used the school pay phone and called Scott's house to tell his parents what was going on- i believe she talked to his dad.
• She listened to me complain about all my relationship issues- even in the days BEFORE Scott! She was there when the dam broke when the very last boy ever to break my little heart finally did. believe me- it was a biiiig mess!
• She listened to and helped me analyze the very early stages of Scott and my relationship- Hey Kris~ Remember my Green Folder?
• She did so much more than i can even write.

Kristine also put up with a lot of insane self-centeredness from me, that i cringe to remember looking back on it.

• like when she made me a beautiful collage and poem as a gift and i said "umm thanks for the dead leaves" Guess i thought i deserved better at the time. little did i really appreciate the compliments and heartfelt messages in the gift. It now hangs with a place of pride on my wall!
• Like listening to the constant play by play of the trials and tribulations in my life- i did try to be there for her, but unfortunately, i am afraid i took way more than i gave in this department!
• Like not setting me straight when i whined and pouted about her not being able to come to my graduation party- When her DAD was getting married that day!!!!!!
• She endured my constant matchmaking schemes involving her and every single nice guy that i/we knew...including the aforementioned last guy who broke my heart... if it didn't work out for me, why the heck did i think he'd be any less of a douche to her?
• i am certain there are more examples.

I have so many wonderful memories of the two school years i spent with Kristine as my one and only Girlfriend.

• The monkey jump. If you never saw it i cannot describe it! whenever Kristine was excited about something i was blessed to experience this- often combined with a big smile and a high pitched "REALLY?????"
• www.philjoel.com-- this one was a running joke. i would start a sentence with "Okay, so..." and right on target Kristine would join in with me "...i was on www.philjoel.com...." Yes...i had a problem....Hello my name is Maegan and i am a Phil-aholic- it's been ....at least a month since i last googled him.
• Matching overalls. well they were not actually matching....(hers were denim and mine were khaki) and it was never on purpose... but somehow we ALWAYS wore our overalls to school on the same day.
• Yelling JOHN EDDS! - John himself will have his own entry fairly soon on this blog, but i had to include this story. John was the pit captain in the band at school, and every home football game at halftime during John and my senior year Kris and i would yell at the top of our lungs "John Edds!!!!!" After the last game of the year, Kris said to me, ever so sweetly- "I am going to miss you next year- i won't have anyone to yell john edds with!" to which i responded- "well you won't have anyone to yell it AT either, Since he's Graduating too..."
• The BEST PROM EVER! another example of Kristine's super-coolness and my thinking the entire world revolved around me: Scott and i wanted John and his date to share a limo with us to senior Prom, so i asked John one morning if he had a date for Prom yet. he said he didn't. this allowed me to approach my other interest in asking this- i wanted my Girlfriend, who at the time was a Sophomore to be at my Prom. I very smoothly said "okay, then you should take Kristine!" He replied "she won't go with me!" Ever in control, i turned and called out "Hey Kris, would you go to Prom with John?" "Yeah!" was the answer. TA DA! Now all my favorite people were going to Prom together!
• The service auction- this one is just for Kris and me, because the set up takes too long. just know that she got in a heated competition with a mother of a little boy over some guitar lessons from a someone who was really not worth it...
• Kristine's way of scaring off guys: at dinner before prom, our waiter was a little flirtier than we would have liked, and so Kris decided to scare him off in a very creative way... dressed up in all her prom glamour, she picked up her knife, tilted her head and really concentrated on her knife- she looked like a cross between an mental patient and a serial killer- very Scary! the waiter could not be deterred though, and we both still got free desserts!
• Cranberry Ice eyeshadow- oh my, i just realized that it was Kristine who gave me my first Mary Kay Makeover! if only she knew what she was starting! BTW- i do have this product stockpiled for myself in case it ever gets discontinued!
• "WHERE IS JOHN????"- this was when john was like idunno, an hour and a half late showing up to take pictures before Prom, and i thought i was gonna kill him, but instead just gave him a big hug when he did finally show up!
• MARS- sorry...no explanation. Just know Kris, that once we got married, there was no more need for such a code... Silly Silly.
• My Birthday gift for Scott photo shoot. Kris made me feel and look like a million bucks.

• I have so many memories from those years, and i treasure them all, but the most amazing and wonderful gift and memory that we shared was prayer. almost every single day we met in prayer before school- sometimes with a ton of schoolmates, sometimes a few, sometimes just us. and that- more than anything else it what made our friendship strong.

Kris, you are a once- in a lifetime friend to me, and i love you more than i can say. i miss you so deeply, and i am praying that maybe once you have begun to settle into married life we can begin to rekindle a friendship that i never want to let go. You will always be the Diana Barry to my Anne Shirley. I LOVE YOU!