Remembering Jessie

Jessie Morehead is one of my best friends. We met in my senior year of high school when she was a junior; we were on the school newspaper together. She had just transferred from Oregon State University to UC Davis to be with her family. Sunday morning she was killed in a car accident when her car veered off the road and hit a tree. She was 20.

After her graduation in June 2007.

She got to wear the green and gold tassel for being on the newspaper for two years. In her senior year she was the editor of the sport section.

I saw her for the last time right before I left for Ireland. This picture was taken at my birthday party:

She is one of the kindest and best friends I've ever known. There's a Snow Patrol song called "You Could Be Happy" that makes me think of her. Here are some of the lyrics:

You could be happy, I hope you are
You made me happier than I'd been by far

Somehow everything I own smells of you
And for the tiniest moment it's all not true

Do the things that you always wanted to
Without me there to hold you back, don't think, just do

More than anything I want to see you, girl
Take a glorious bite out of the whole world

Rest in peace, Jessica Leigh Morehead

December 30, 1987- August 2, 2009