One summer the City of St.Martinville (the town we are all from) decided to build a new city pool.  Nick's mom,
Edna Landry, was to be in charge of the pool business, so of course all four of us became lifeguards and began
working at this pool every summer.  This brought us even closer than we could imagine and every summer was more
and more fun.  I will never forget the summers we had at that pool and just hanging out at Nick's house.  It was the
best times of my life and I will remember them until I die.

    After we graduated from highschool, I wouldn't say we drifted apart because that would never happen, but we all
became very busy.  Monique started working a lot, Nick moved to Baton Rouge to go to LSU, and crazy as it sounds,
Erinn and I both got pregnant.  So we were all busy but we still kept in touch and Monique and I continued to work at
the pool every summer.

    In the summer of 2003, Monique and I became supervisors at the pool and we once again became inseparable.
We spent just about every weekday together and many weekends as well.  It was like old times and we were very
happy spend a lot of time together.  Even though we were both in very serious relationships and I had a child, the summer
was spent like it used to.  We had good times laughing and just having fun. At the end of the summer, after the pool was
closed I went on vacation to Florida.  I didn't have a chance to talk to Monique when I got back because school had
started.  It had been almost two weeks since I talked to her and having spent the whole summer with her, it felt like two years
since we talked. 

    On August 22, 2003, my dear friend Monique was to have dinner with her boyfriend, John.  Whether she was in a rush or
not will never be known but something made her swerve and she wrecked.  She was alone when she died and if I
could have been there with her I would have.  When I heard the news it felt like the whole world stopped and I collapsed.
I could not believe what I had heard and I still don't.  It is very hard to know that I will have to go on an entire lifetime
without her.  She was my best friend and the only one I truly confided in.  Monique was going to be my Maid of Honor
for my wedding.  Dealing with Monique's death is the hardest thing that I will EVER have to do and if I didn't have a son
to live for I honestly don't know if I would still be here today.  My life will never be the same without my best friend and
my heart is broken into a thousand pieces.

    Now that Monique is gone, I have found that my other friendships have grown stronger.  I cherish every person that
is in my life because you never know what can happen.

    I have had some good times with my friends and I have pictures to show some of these good times.

   Me, Monique, Erinn, and Nick immediately after bungee
                           in Florida

        Me and my friend Kristi at a carwash

                 My best friend, Monique

 Having fun in Seaside, Florida


              This is true friendship