I met Emily in Middle School, at the youth group at Covenant. I am so glad that I could have met her because she really did affect my life. emily could always make me smile. she could always make people feel better and brighten their day. remembering all the inside jokes and quotes that she had always bring a smile to my face. there was this one day, when we were driving to some place in Arizona, and we were all just goofing off and then we started talking about back massages and Emily just says “how come I never get any?”. all of us just got quiet and looked at her and then started to crack up. also on that trip, we were sitting outside the school that we were staying in and Emily had a bottle of soda and turns to Scott (whom she liked and we teased her about) and was like “I can stick a whole 20 oz. bottle bottom in my mouth!” and scott looks at her and asks “are you hitting on me?” then there was the “sex retreat” in which she talked non-stop about Paul McCartney and how in love she was with him and how she wanted Paul Jr…. she was looking for her pants at some point and all of a sudden you can hear her yell “Where are my pants?! I can’t find my pants!” she was so goofy and funny and awesome. the memories that I have of her will never fade from my mind and I am so glad and blessed with the fact that I could have met her and gotten to know her. I will never forget her laughter or smile.