Who I Admire Most

In our crazy world, it's hard to find a person to admire who's not dead. Sure, George Washington was a cool dude but he's not really here to get to know.
There are a few people our parents' age that are admirable but how often do you get to sit down and KNOW these people?
I know a person worthy of admiration. She's become a very close friend.

Her name is Jennifer and she's been such a good friend to me.
When my nephew died, she called me constantly to make sure I was ok and cried with me and when I returned to work which happened to be on Valentine's Day, she had chocolates and a beautiful card waiting for me.
Nearly every single day she does something nice for me. Like donuts sitting on my desk or an especially thoughtful birthday gift.

She's smart, mature and totally has her shit together. She's also 10 yrs younger than me. When I asked one time why she thought we got along so well with our age difference, she said "Because I don't act my age and neither do you." I guess we meet in the middle.

But what makes Jennifer so extraordinary is what she's overcome. She is smart, beautiful and successful IN SPITE of what someone did to her.
When she was a tiny little girl of 8, someone broke into her bedroom window in the middle of the night, kidnapped her, savagely raped and brutalized her, cut her throat and left her for dead in a field on top of a bed of fire ants.
Her abductor thought she was dead, I'm sure, but Jennifer being the stubborn chick that she is, didn't die. When she was found, she barely had a pulse.
She was rushed to the hospital with multiple injuries and with a severed trachea and vocal cords. She was unable to talk for months and was told she might never speak again. However, she fooled them. That girl is at my desk every morning chatting my ears off (she knows I love it!).

Most young women would be forever emotionally scarred and turn to a dangerous lifestyle, drugs, or worse....
But Jennifer was determined to use her horrible experience to build her life and to help other children.
She's going to be an amazing teacher someday.

The monster has never been found although I'm sure he'll burn in hell with his genitals shoved in his mouth.

So, this is why Jennifer is my hero and I admire the hell out of her.

Also, she's mad ghey, she hates every guy I date, thinks I'm too good for everyone, will tell me when I have bags under my eyes and when I shouldn't wear a certain shirt anymore, hates the music I listen to and makes fun of the way I pronounce certain words. In other words: a good friend.

Posted by De at November 15, 2005 03:01 PM | TrackBack