When I first met Kacie...

I first met Kacie at some point in the 5th grade. I had transfered to Lisbon Elementary. I had moved from Gaithersburg, MD. I remember Kacie was in Mrs. Portalea's class and I was in Mrs. Howard's. I always remember Kacie being a funny girl. She always had a joke. That never changed. The thing I remember most vividly about Kacie in 5th grade was how good she was at gymnastics. I remember at recess Kacie would be able to run down the soccer field and do round off back handsprings and backflips. Everyone was amazed by her talent. There was another girl in our grade, Megan Miller who also was a gymnast. She also lived in the same neighborhood as Kacie. The two of them would sometimes have "tumbling battles" down the soccer field. It always got everyone so hyped up. I had started taking gymnastics when I was 8 years old and did until I was about 11 I think. I was nowhere nearly as good as Kacie was but I looked up to her at the time. In 5th grade I put in the yearbook "when I grow up I wan to be a gymnast." I remember always thinking Kacie could have been in the Olympics. Kacie and I were friends throughout 5th grade and middle school. We didn't get closer until high school.  Our friendship was the strongest in our young adult/ college years.