We all know that Krista was an amazing, strong girl with a big heart. Everybody knows her as 'the beautiful girl who could never stop smiling.' That is what I first saw in her when I first saw her at Hayfield. I saw her in 7th grade, i didn't know anything was wrong though, I just thought she was wearing a hat all the time and always smiling, but I never questioned it. Then I finally got a chance to meet her on the first day of school this year. I sat right infront of her in history, and in english, our group table thing would fill up and she would go sit in the back corner, so I would go sit next to her. She was so quiet at first, but full of life at the same time. I hardly knew her, but like Jenny said, she's one of those people that you could hardly know, and still love with everything you've got. It's just so weird because just last Tuesday, she was buying me lunch and telling me how she is a 'ketchup-holic' and we piled tons of ketchup on our tray. I promised to pay her back, but she wasn't in class on Thursday..What hurts me the most, I promised to bake her pink cupcakes with butterflies on them for her birthday, which I thought was October 30th, and when I checked my planner yesterday, I saw I was a month off..South County won't be the same, although, I know she would want us to live our lives, happy as she is in God's arms right now. She's the only person I know that could make anybody smile the biggest smile just by looking at her smile back. I thank God for giving me a chance to meet her; God bless her family. I love you Krista, I'll never forget your smile, or the burn in my cheecks because you made it so that I could never stop smiling. I'll never forget you, never stop missing you.
Kayla Vaughan.