1. My Friends!!!! By: Amelia Richardson

2. Mackenzie Loudin! Mackenzie Alene Loudin: I have known her since second grade. She has been there for me through everything whether it be a family member passing away or to my winning of an award for gymnastics. Like she supports me in gymnastics, I support her in dance. She has been doing dance for as long as I have known her and she has won many medals for it. She does cheerleading at Concord High School, and dance at Carolina Dance Academy.

3. AliLentz! Ali Elizabeth Lentz: she is my cousin, but we hang out so often its like she is my best friend. We well obviously have grown up together, when we were little we used to go to our grandmas house and stay there all day!! She does cheerleading and dance and loves them both! She cheerleads at A.L. Brown High School, and she dances at Piedmont Dance.

4. Paige Crowell! Paige Elizabeth Crowell: I haven’t known her but only for about 3 years, but we are so close that its unbelievable. She went with me to Georgia last year for one of my competitions, and she was so helpful to me by cheering me on. At that meet I got the highest score on beam and did really well on all the other events. I call her my “Good Luck Charm”. She is a cheerleader at A.L. Brown High School and she also dances. She will always be one of my closest friends.

5. Megan Griffin! Megan Leigh Griffin: I have known her since the fourth grade so about 6 years now. She is like one of my sisters. We do stuff together all the time and we support each other in everything that we do. She is in the band at A.L. Brown High School, and she dances at Peggy Lee Dance.

6. Kayla Crayton ! Kayla Marie Crayton: I have known her since the sixth grade. She is so sweet and kind and she always has my back. She is very athletic too, she does volleyball, basketball, and dance. She does basketball and volleyball at A.L. Brown High School.

7. Allysea Thompson ! Allysea Jhnae Thompson: I haven't known her very long at all, but she has been the nicest and funniest person I probably will ever meet. She always made me laugh last year in class, and she is so high spirited. She loves to hang out with her friends and she also likes to read. She is a cheerleader at A.L. Brown High School.

8. Madeline Rinehardt ! Madeline Renee Rinehardt: I just met her last year in 8th grade but over the year we grew so close. We told each other everything . We had almost every class together and we always wrote notes to each other just talking about random things.

9. Sarah Goodnight! Sarah Noel Goodnight: Sarah and I haven't really been friends that long, but she is a really funny friend. We do gymnastics together and we go to school together. She always has funny jokes, and she is always encouraging me to do bigger and better things.

10. Ria Sethi! Ria Sethi: Ria and I have known each other for a long time. We meet each other in gymnastics, and we have just grown close over the years. She is always trying to cheer someone up, and she is always tries to accomplish something big. Ria is a good friend and I hope I never loose her.

11. Ashley Carr! Ashley Marie Carr: I have only known Ashley for two years but we are like best friends. She is always in a good mood, and she always has a smile on. I don’t know what I would do if we weren’t friends. She is one of the coolest people I know and she is a beast gymnast.

12. Sarah Steinert! Sarah Myeta Steinert: She is one of my best friends. We do everything together. We always support each other in gymnastics and in school. She is really special to me because we have known each other for forever and we always have fun and make jokes. She is a really good friend and is so nice.

13. Kathryn Ambrose! Kathryn Glenn Ambrose: I have known her for a long time. We do gymnastics together and we go to school together. She is always smiling even if she is having a bad day. She always makes me laugh, with all of her jokes. I hope that I will always have a friend like her.

14. FRIENDS! These aren’t all of my friends, but these are my really close friends. All of these friends brighten my day, and I hope that they will stay that way for forever.