out who you were? Someone who showed you the right path. Someone

who was there right next you even if you did not take that path.

Someone who always seemed to be right, but never held it against

you when you were not. Someone whom without your life would most

likely be entirely different. I have. Her name was Melissa.

Melissa was more than my neighbor. She was more than my

mentor. She was my best friend. Melissa lived three houses down

from me when I moved into a new neighborhood. She made moving to

a new neighborhood a lot easier. She was one of those people who

was friends with everybody. She was friends with everyone because

she was so special. She was always in a good mood, always had

something pleasant to say, and no matter what was going on, she

Melissa was a few years older than me but we were both

athletic. But when she let it down and it waved in the gentle

mistakes were for me to make. But she would be right there to

guided me in my choices. Yet she never forced anything on me. My

present that as long as you gave everything you had to give and

pony tail because she was a bit of a tomboy and liked to be

She almost always kept her long golden hair pulled back into a

learned from watching her deal with the situations life would

Some common words found in the essay are:
Melissa Melissa, Portrait Friend, learned watching, watching deal, learned watching deal,
Approximate Word count = 642
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)