well today i do, and yesterday i did. most of the time i don't really think about it. sometimes its a very sad place full of good byes. i dont love the airport then but today i do. the reason is because today i am picking up one of my favourite people in the whole wide world. her name is laura. i've known her since i was 11. thats 10 years now. thats crazy to think how little we were. we met doing our school production in 1996. she was a witch and i was a street kid. they gave us such cool characters way back then. i dont even remember what the show was but i remember what we were. anyway, her mom died when we were little, i don't remember if i ever met her, i don't remember meeting her. but i do remember her dad. her dad was great. he looked after us all when we needed it. drove us out to waterpolo which was ages away. he sometimes even picked us up from volleyball which wasnt far away at all. gary died two weeks ago as well. laura has been up at his funeral. laura is amazing. i would have broken down and packed a tantrum and generally just yelled and screamed at the world. however laura has been so strong for her little sister and step mom, and even when she could have been a wreck she was stil strong and i was the one that cried. go figure. some people say that it is because it hasn't hit her yet. i think it has but being strong is her way of dealing with it. i just want to give her the big ups for being such an amazing person.
even apart from everything she's been going through in the last few weeks i have always thought laura to be a great person. i think she is one of the people i will always be friends with. no matter where we are and how often we see each other.
anyway, this is my post to laura. and to how much i love her and how much she means to me. well now i'm actually off to go to the airport and find her.
posted by katie
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who am i...
name:katie
age: 22
location: dunedin
occupation: student
