... time to be sentimental ...
so i guess i should start with natalie. after all, i think she was my first real friend here @ OBU. we became friends instantly when she let me borrow her cowboy hat and i let her be on my flag football team.  and of course there was Speech ... who could forget our long conversations and incessant note exchanges during Bailey's lectures about the "art" of communication??? i would have to say though that our true friendship was forged sophomore-senior year over sandwiches and a mutual nemesis named Paula Barber. I seriously couldn't have done it without you Nat. Whenever i became frustrated and obscenities would begin to fly, you would always be there, reminding me that "it's just sandwiches." how true. thanks for the perspective. ha. more than all of that though, thanks for the continual love and laughter that you provide. you are such a good friend to me and my life has been blessed a thousand times over these past four years because of you. i just love you natalie. thanks for the memories.
shannon ..... wow. what an individual. and i say that in the most loving, awe-filled way. i love how you say what you mean and do what you want. there is freedom in that that inspires me. it's been such a fun past semester bonding over the most unexpected and random things. who would have expected to see the both of us in an anthropology class with all those smart kids?? ha! thanks for all the texts and laughter you have shared. and thanks for reminding me that we're going to be okay .... despite not knowing what we want to do with our lives, seemingly wandering through whatever it is that we are doing .... it's nice to know someone else is there with me. let's adventure together, ok? i love you shannon. thanks for the memories.
ah yes ... and blaire too. my quote/unquote "intelligent convo" buddy. oh what a blessing you've been to me these past four years. it's always nice to know that if you're going to be made fun of for being a nerd, at least you have someone else there beside you. ha. we have had to endure that together i think. and that is ok. i appreciate you more than you know. not just being able to talk through things with you, but also the fact that I know that if i ever needed anyone, you would always be there. you've been constant Blaire and that really honestly means a lot to me. you've been mama Blaire at times and you might just become sugarmama Blaire soon if i don't find a job quickly.  but more than all that, you've just been a really great friend. you're consistency and genuineness mean the world to me. thanks for helping me to change the world ... i really love you Blaire. thanks for all of the memories.
and then there was stoner ... my other half, perhaps my better half .... but definitely my twin and long sister. once despised as a part of the Edmond gang (bad gang of course, not good), i soon bonded with you over Freshman class Cabinet and the rest is just history. i remember playing quite a few pranks with you Freshman year .... and then who could forget our little chandelier incident? oh lord ... i've never been so mortified in my life. lunches in the ARA sophomore year will never be topped and it's always fun to know that i have a buddy to discuss the lately Bison drama with. hang in there with LOST, i promise we'll still discuss it even if we are apart after Graduation. ha. thanks for all the fun you've provided ... you've been a great friend .... love you tons megan. thanks for the memories.
oh sweet reiser. i am lucky to know you because of that random day in Natalie and Blaire's room. i might have met you through my sister and the basement, but had you not been there that day, you might not have ever been on our football team ... and we all know what a travesty that would have been. ha! you are beautiful my friend and i am so blessed to have known you these past four years. i'm so happy that we will be seeing each other again this summer too!!! i feel like even though we are both too busy for our own good, our friendship always is and always will be the same. you are just wonderful and such a joy to be around. thanks for your smile and constant encouragement. i love you erin. thanks for the memories.
forever marbes .... you can't make me call you ashley, i hope you know that! it forever will be marbes (if not marbalicious though of course) i absolutely love this picture of you ... to me, it just epitomizes everything that is inherently you. your joyfulness never cease to amaze me! i love your eagerness and passion and enthusiasm. what strength you possess because of each. and you're always so gosh-darn responsible. you know i love a friend who loves organization just as much as me!!! i love getting to talk to you about religion and just everything god in general. your faith teaches me so much at times and you don't even know it. whether it's just merely asking questions or digging deeper in something you don't understand, your love for the lord is evident in all that you do. thank you for just being you. i love you marbes. thanks for the memories.
i'm sorry pascha, but i had to do it. you're asking for it with the dessert in your teeth and classic velour jump suit. ah haha! i love that as we graduate and move on, i'll remember those ridiculous velour pants just as often as i remember you. good times.  i honestly do not know where to even begin with you. the first memory i have of you is from Stringfellow/Satan's class and being really intimidated by you. oh! how funny now to think about that. whatever connections we might have had that first year, i'm not sure how our friendship developed like it did, but i want you to know that you've grown to mean so much to me. we've worked together, played together, road tripped together ... i could go on and on. above all though, you've shown me unconditional love and support. i believe you truly have a gift of caring for people and making them feel loved. thank you for sharing that with me these past couple of years. words can only say so much, but i truly hope you know how much i love you pash ...... thank you SO much for all the memories.
it's only appropriate that martha and kate be together for this little tribute. not to lessen them as individuals, but honestly, anything i might say to kate, i would say to martha, and vice versa. what truly beautiful souls the two of you possess. mar, i know we talked that one night about our "relationship potential" but i just want you to know that the little that i've gotten to know of you, i really like. sometimes its sad to look back and see the results of our hectic/ridiculously busy lives and i'm sorry our paths haven't crossed more often. i wish i could have spent more quality time with you (my only badass friend ... ha!) and kate .... there is so much depth to you, i am always feeling like i could know you better .... and that is a good thing. you are such a dynamic individual, there are so many layers and qualities to love about you! thank you both for enlarging my world. i know it sounds stupid sometimes, but the both of you truly make me want to be a better person. be it the latest fight against injustice we're interested in or the latest documentary you're inviting me to watch, the both of you care about the world we live in and give me reason to believe people like ourselves can create change within it. never stop dreaming ... i love you both kate and martha .... "santa fe, are you there?" .... thanks for the memories.
this picture just makes me happy katie. we are so blessed to have been able to share in your joy that first day you came home. and can you actually believe you're getting married???? ah! the first to venture into that unknown. i love it. i wish you and robbie nothing but the best .... you two deserve it. i just think it's so funny how you are forever known as "the transfer." that's how i'll always remember you .... i think the first time i met you was when they were trying to lie to you about Natalie and Blaire being lesbians. quite the intro to OBU, huh? we are mean people. you have been such a joy to get to know over these past couple of years though. i know it seems like we never actually see each other anymore, but please know that i love you soo soo much. probably my favorite memories of you are from our first J-Term and that poker night to win the space heater. then of course our second J-Term was fun too ... i truly experienced what it was like to live in the Georgia House that month. ha! love you lots katie, thanks for the memories.
ha! only bryce could be included in this montage! but anna oh anna! you are the one i get to write about. your roommates are forever telling me how great you think i am ... but you should know that i think you are just great too. my only black sister, i think we are kindred spirits .... although i'll be the first to admit that yours might be a little more pronouced than mine. after all, you could dance circles around me if you wanted. (especially if you had a pole ... ha!) thanks for just being you .... so unique, ready to speak your mind, and of course, drop it like its hot. we've had fun together, that's for sure. love you anna. thanks for the memories.
oh sweet sweet monica kathleen/jean conner. what would i have done without you in my life? and your hugs that usually attempt to knock me over when you come running @ full force? you're a little girl, but you'd be surprised at how much power is behind those little hugs of yours! ha. this picture is just the typical moni that i will always remember. always quick to make me laugh and of course cause a little mischief. you've brightened my life in so many ways. i love that we can look to one another at times and know exactly what the other is thinking. usually it's up to no good, but fun nonetheless. your home has become practically like a second home and jean a second mother .... can we have TX/OU weekend even after we graduate? and eat M&Ms and go shopping all day??? please? because that would be wonderful. know that i love you to pieces and i am going to miss you sooooo much when we leave. wanna take me in a suitcase to Europe with you? anyway, like i've said already and will say again .... i love you mon, thanks for all of the memories.
and who better to end on than alisha? girl, you know i went nice on you for this picture ... i could have always pulled out that one with you in the beanie, that's one of my favs. ha! but oh alisha, what do i say to you? i think i love you more than life itself ... i don't know what i would have done without you freshman year .... and sophomore year .... and junior and senior year i guess too. but DEFINITELY freshman year. i think your room was practically my room due to some unexpected roommate troubles. but we're not going to bring that up .... yikes! i love that we are so chill together. put in a movie (or several movies) or even whole TV series on DVDs, sit and play Text Twist all day on our computers trying to beat each others scores ... you name it and we could do it together. and who could forget our uncanny bond over speeding tickets ... you in my car, me in yours. now that's just weird. or it could be that we both just speed way too much, that's a possiblity too. anyway, you've been the best of friend to me these past four years and i truly am going to be sad to leave you. who will give me back massages? i really really love you alisha and i want to thank you for all the memories.
i don't know how its possible that the lord blessed me with such amazing friendships. what we all have is truly unique i believe. you each have enriched me and my life in so many ways and i am forever grateful.
this last video is for all of us ..... love you friends. thanks for the memories.
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