There is one person in my life who has been there for me through many things that I have had to go through. I remember the first time we met, my freshman year in High School. I walk into the band room and there she was getting her hair ironed by Grettel. I was fascinated by her because she was a drumline chick. She was the girl who played softball and was all athletic and stuff. I’m just the band nerd who never did anything but band.

What I remember most was how quickly we formed a friendship. More than that though was how quickly she became a part of my family and how she became my sister.

We have had our fights, our disagreements, and our lashing out but through it all, she has been the one to be there when boys have hurt me. I have been there when she needed to cry because some stupid boy hurt her. We have been together to laugh over inside jokes, cry over a lost loved one, and smile at the things we can never forget. This girl means the world to me. This girl is Sarah Lillian Maristany. TQM