Makenzie Doepke...

my goodness. i just have to tell you about makenzie doepke.

makenzie doepke is a woman i met last fall. about one year ago. we lived on the same floor my freshman year at taylor university. move in day she had on a pink tank top and camouflage pants. she seemed SO cool (which she was) and i was anxious to meet her. we greeted each other in the hall and that was about it. soon we discovered each other over nail polish and cosmo. what a combination. it is awesome to really know how our friendship began. from that point on we built a relationship on trust and care for one another. there were television shows watched together, riots participated in together, nails painted, singing in the showers, study breaks, and an unforgettable j-term. j-term was spent staying up all night drawing and studying. laughing, eating, and doing laundry all night long. we stayed up during the power outage telling scary stories and yelling horrible things...just to get a rise out of those near us. we went out for dinner way too often and sang way too loud...but it was a time of way too much fun. i wouldn't trade it for the world. when summer came we separated and went our own ways. now she lives across the campus and plays on the soccer team. how i miss her down the hall. but love her, oh of course.

makenzie has become one of my closest friends here at taylor. i love how she can cheer me up anytime and even though we are both insanely busy, when we have time to spend together, it is like we were never apart. makenzie has a beautiful spirit and is an amazing woman. i know that she is always going to be a close friend of mine.

so mak, i don't know where i would be without you.
thank you for all that you are.
i love you!