Journal #15

The person I greatly miss would have to be Nolan.  Nolan and I first met in fifth grade at St. Agnes.  He had moved to St. Agnes from a different school and he did not know anyone.  We happened to be in the same class because in fifth grade there are only two teachers.  There are about fifty people in each grade, so twenty-five in each class.  During the first week of school, I would go up to him and start conversations so he would not feel left out.  After awhile, he would come up to me and say hi.  As time went on, we became inseparable.  Nolan and I would walk to class, lunch, before, and after school together.  People always thought we were dating, but who wants to date at such a young age?  All we were, were best friends.  For Christmas, we got each other presents, I gave him puppy chow in a doggy bowl (as a joke), and he got me a sterling silver flower necklace that have different words on it, like happiness and faith. Then for Valentine's Day, he got me a stuffed dog from Build-a-Bear Workshop.  The dog was white with pink hearts all over it and was dress up in a white shirt with a red skirt.  When you squeezed its hand, it said, "I love you!"  Writing this journal makes me miss Nolan a lot more than usual.  I moved away in seventh grade and we tried to stay close.  We found it very difficult to keep in touch because neither of us had cell phones then.  This is going to sound crazy, but we actually sent each other letters in the mail.  We did that a couple of times but then I stopped receiving them. ):  I will see him every once in awhile at random places and we will talk to each other, but it is not like it used to be.  I wish we could have stayed close...