Celebration Essay

                           Angela Broten



    Strong, powerful, hilarious, sweet, kind, short, beautiful, the best friend, faithful, and so much more. When I think of those words, I think of Angela Broten. Angela is someone that anyone could look up to. I did and I still do, always.
    Angela, where do I begin? Angela is one of my best friends. She is four years older than me but that doesn’t stop our friendship. I have known Angela since I was in fourth grade. In other words, pretty much my whole life. Now, Angela is extremely short. I shot past her so fast. She has gorgeous long, dark, brown hair, her eyes are a deep green, teeth perfectly white and straight, and did I mention that she is very short? Angela was raised in a Christian home her whole life and she has three siblings. She is also the second to oldest. Angela graduated from C.M.C.S in 2010. Now she goes to Crown College.
    I picked Angela for a very special reason. The impact on my life that she has given me is incredible. She is so strong with everything she does. When Angela has her mind set on something she does it and she does it until it is done. Immediately when I met her I knew she was amazing and she could change the world. Her faith in God is so strong and powerful. She trusts Him in everything that she does. Now, I am sure she has doubted Him sometimes because we all have but she never gives up on Him. I look at her and see someone who I want to become. I want her faith and trust in God so much. I know I don’t have as much faith as she does.
    Another reason why I picked Angela is because she is totally herself. I know what Angela is like and she is the funniest person to be around. She is always smiling and happy, she has never had a bad picture in her life. Still, Angela is herself. With all her craziness she doesn’t act differently in any way. She has taught me to be myself. To not care what other people think of me, just to care what God thinks of me. Whenever I am with her, I feel so safe and cared about. She never puts you down or says anything mean about you. Angela is so caring of others. She chooses her words wisely and thinks before she speaks.
    As soon as I told her that I was writing this essay in her, she told me she was undeserving of it and that she couldn't see why I would want to write about her. I told her,” I wrote my essay on you, cause you changed my life. “She might not have realized it but she has. Angela has taught me many things in life. She doesn’t realize it, cause it wasn’t all verbally, but by her actions. They way she speaks, dresses, and acts made the difference for me. She has this sparkle in her eye that changed me and who I am today.
    Finally, she gave me a gift. It wasn’t a gift like a present on Christmas, but it was a gift spiritually. She made me realize so much about God that I didn’t know. From our little talks we have and not all the time it would be about God. We could be talking about clothing or a movie star that we liked or something way different and by her words it would get to me.
    Angela has this power in her that is so amazing. She might not see it herself, but other people do, I did and still do. Angela is someone that has the capability to change anyone or even the world. She changed me. It might not have been in the biggest way, like I am a preacher or something, but she changed my heart, like how I act and respond to things. I would trust Angela with the world or anything that I had. Angela gave me courage to be me and to stand out for who I am.
    When I see the words strong, powerful, faithful, and all the others, I think of Angela Broten. Angela is the friend that anyone would want to have. Angela is one of the best friends that I could ever have.

                                    Lillie Hankel