Three years ago, my little sister was having a birthday party (or something, whatever) at my house. My sister and I don’t share friends, in fact, I’ve been known to bring some people over from her side to mine (hi Noa!) so obviously, I was hiding out in my room during this party, talking to my friend Jordan about it on the phone. Suddenly Jordan got distracted and handed the phone over to her friend saying “Here, talk to Maxie.”
I hate when people do that.
I had no idea who this “Maxie” was and why I was forced to have a conversation with her.
I guess you could say that was “meant to be,” however, because if that wouldn’t have happened, I never would have met one of the greatest people in the world and my number 4 AWESOME PERSON — Maxie Shepard.
Let’s face it, I’m a horribly awkward person. I don’t know how to talk to people I don’t know. I’m like Michael Cera but not funny. Maxie, on the other hand, is the complete opposite. She’s the kind of person that can go up to a stranger (or in this case talk on to the phone to a stranger) and in five minutes become best friends with them.
Maxie was in 8th grade at the time. I was in 11th. But over the years of her being in middle school with me in high school, then us both being in high school, then me being in college with her in high school, we’ve managed to keep in touch and become even better friends who send awesome things to each other via old school mail:
…and TrippingFest for iPhone:
She even brought me soup when I was sick this week (and lemon juice packets? lol). And if it wasn’t for Maxie, I never would have met Awesome Person #1 (aka Alex).
Although she does have a couple of flaws (she has this inexplicable obsession with Texas, I mean come on), if anybody deserves to be on this AWESOME PEOPLE blog, it’s her.
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