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...Olivia had always been stunningly beautiful, with a fantastic body and the face of a goddess. Boys flocked to her when we went clubbing, while I was nervously left picking at my nails. Fortunately, she was always ready to yell at me on the ride home to "shut up, you moron, because you are gorgeous and a wonderful person as well," practically smacking me up the head with her no-bullshit attitude while giving me the kind of honest, sincere praise that you can only believe from a true friend...
Like I said, I ran into Olivia the other day. I hadn't seen her since we were sophomores. She still looked gorgeous. She sounded exactly the same. I asked her where she had been. She said she had taken time off to have her baby...
...third, and the one that still sticks with me days later, is one of unbelievable pride. I couldn't imagine having a child at this age, only to return and finish school. I don't think I have the strength or the courage to do so. But looking into Olivia's eyes, I saw in her what I had always seen in her--an intensity that I had never seen in anyone else. Even if her life hadn't gone the way she wanted it to, she still had the power to shape it in a way that would make...
...class--am looking back over my college career. I laughed. I cried. I'd do it all over again, given the chance. I did many things right. But oh, the things I regret-one of the most painful being the friends I didn't keep in touch with. Like Olivia...
...have friends like Olivia, beautiful and stronger than we ever imagined we could be. It is up to us to remind them of their own power, and of how much they are loved; for what is clear as day to us may be impossible for them to see. And it is up to them to lightly smack us upside the head, lovingly call us morons and hold us until we realize that the strength we see in them is shining in us, too. Sarah A. Rodriguez '99 is an English concentrator in Winthrop House. This is her final column...