Sunday, November 20, 2005

This one's for the girls... (and guys)...

This I love about my friends:
1. I love the way K*Jacks always listens to my rambling and actually takes my advice in return.
2. I love how Craig seems to ALWAYS understand. I love his faithfulness.
3. Carrie, after all these years, still cares about me, and I about her.
4. Meghan Mc still, to this day, fills me in on what I don't know about such and such. She never fails to call when I so need to hear from her.
5. Drew constantly reminds me there are good people out there who are just as confused as I am. He helps me remember it's ok to not know it all.
6. Liz is the foundation for every friendship I've ever had. Only God would let me be so lucky to have a literal friend for life.
7. Ryan is the best little brother anyone could ask for. I love pissing our parents off together.
8. Michelle is my second half that thinks like me, acts like me, and reminds me that I'm worth having good friends.
9. Jenna is my Princess Bestest. Who knew I'd be friends with Cinderella, Belle, Ariel, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty all at once?
10. Corey gererally is just frickin' hilarious. I live vicariously through her and all of her travels.
11. The Disney boys were my body guards; I'd not have survived Florida and P.I. with out them.
12. Jen Gats was there for me when no one else was. I don't know that I'll ever be able to repay her for that.
13. My small group babies are sometimes the only thing that reminds me I have a bigger purpose in life. They show love with the innocence only youth can share.
14. Rachel and Kristin will always be Things 2 and 3; they are the only reason I survived Luvabulls... and then we ALL quit!
15. Lauren and Leslie are the sisters I can't wait to finally have officially. They kept me sain as I learned about the good, the bad and the confusing of the Greeno's.
16. Brett, Kyle and Keith are three of the funniest people I know. Always make me laugh, and I know they genuinely care about me, as I do about them.
17. Jen and Tiff are the original Algonquin friends. I have loved growing up with them, and their compassion towards me and the people they encounter daily is inspiring.
18. Sarah B.- Princess in Crime. No matter where we go, or what we do- always and forever.
19. Cherie and Christina kept me alive during the roomate drama in Disney. Late night wine fests and 2am resort tours gave me some of my fondest Disney memories.
20. Katie M., as a new friend, has welcomed me to her life and I'm so blessed to know such a strong, inspiring woman.
21. Ben- the constant in my life. The one who loves me, control-freak-crying-to-laughing-in-14-seconds-flat-emotionally-deep-feeler-best-friend-love and all. I would not be who I am withouth him and all we've been through. I used to pray, even beg God, for finding a Prince, a Knight in Shining Armor- now I'm living it. And I promise, there's hope for ALL of us... he reminds me constantly NOT TO SETTLE for less than amazing.

I know that I have so many more AMAZING FRIENDS and I will most likely need to make an addendum post as more come to mind. But to those of you listed,
I LOVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR BEING THERE FOR ME.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

Je t'aime, ma soeur. Je t'aime avec tout mon poulet.

J'espere que tu sais comment belle que tu es.

-Ryan (or "Ryenne" as my Frenchy Momma calls me)

Anna said...

I love you with all my chicken, too

Anonymous said...

anna fricken poling...can i hug you now? i loved your list - it was fun to see little bits of your heart in this post. i think that we should all make a list like that every now and then to remind ourselves of how incredibly blessed we really are. see you soon? please?

kg

Anonymous said...

Did I just hear an XRT ad for the Redwalls in Chicago on NYEve??? If I did - thats great.

Anna said...

Yep, at Navy Pier!

Anonymous said...

anna...so i was at starbucks today here in minnespolis with all of their christmas decorations up and it brought back the memories of shopping with u at the mall...yet again. i love our memories...and i love ya girl! we need to see each other soon. can you BELIEVE its been over TWO YEARS.........ahhh how am i surviving????

Anonymous said...

the countdown begins to your birthday and your graduation!! what a special day that will be! i wish that i could be there to celebrate it with you - stupid finals week!!!! :( 2 more weeks Anna! You can do it! Finish out strong and give it your all (like you do everything else)!!

love,
kjack