Horrible Copier

I believe one of the major reasons to read other peoples' blogs (besides getting to know about them) is to get ideas from to emulate (rip away from their cold, dead hands and copy) in your own blog. One of the best ideas was to compliment people on a blog. Butter people up beyond belief, to get stuff like cookies and life savings from them (I know Audrey isn't doing it for that reason, but I can't tell you my own motivation. You just have to know me well enough to know whether or not I'm being serious or sarcastic about it.)
Anyways I thought I would start off on my complimentary blogs with talking about my dear friend Echo. She and I have had issues over the years, but she and I have been friends pretty much from day one. When I moved here she, Audrey and I were pretty much inseparable at church activities. Echo was less sarcastic and quieter than Audrey, but that was fine with me, I wasn't very much of a cynic back then, so I appreciated it. I think I annoyed her an awful lot though; I do admit that at thirteen I still suffered from the dreaded "Deacons' Disease." But even though I was annoying she stood by me at every church activities, and whenever she did something that she thought might have insulted me at all she apologized. Something I am of course terrible at doing. We of course have both changed since then, but she's still among my top friends. I value her opinion more than almost anyone else's, because she usually knows what's up.
We've had a lot of good memories over the years. We got our first swords together (wow that's nerdy). We went out to ice cream once and had a total blast making up stories about the people going in and out of stores (most of which involved a freeze ray). We also went trick-or-treating together in ninth grade, and had a total blast...even though I kind of sort of broke her sword. Sorry about that. We've had tons of other great memories over the years, and it's been great having a friend like Echo there for me. We also had our sixteenth party combined together. It was a lot of fun just planning the party, and we did have a good time even if it never actually turned out to be a dance.
One of her best qualities is that she's always encouraging. She pushes people to go and follow there dreams and to improve their talents. She's pushed me for years to get back on the piano bench and play. I'm still not convinced on that front, but I think in college I'll get back into piano, since I'll be living near my sister. Echo is also humble. She's an amazing musician, but she doesn't really brag about it. I'm sure if I were that talented, then I would be showing off every second I got, but Echo doesn't, it's really cool. She's very caring. She always notices when something is up, with anyone. She's even noticed when my Dad's been having an off day, and she made sure to stop and talk to him to see what was wrong. It's just the type of cool thing Echo would do.
So Echo, have a great day, and remember that your friends care about you.