That's My Name...Don't Wear It Out!

Throughout my life I have had a many nicknames. A couple extremely obvious ones such as Meg and Awesome, not to mention Sexy (which only my friend Martha can call me). Then there are some more embarrassing ones like Meggie Moo Moo, which is only acceptable when my cousin Bailey calls me it (everyone else has been warned!) then there is French Fry, which is one I developed back in the fifth grade by people who weren't exactly my friends, and a name that I wasn't quite fond of.  There is one nickname that I have developed though that I am pretty proud of, and isn't quite as clear as the others, that is the great name of Lil' Ash. 
No, my name is not Ashley or anything close to something that "Ash" would be short for, so let me explain.  I have this friend.  Her name is Ashley. Better known as Big Ash.  She's tall, so that's where the "big" comes in.  I'm not as tall, so that's where the "Lil" comes in.  Big Ash and I are pretty alike.  Physically, we are both blonde, skinny, we both wear glasses, and we are both super attractive.  But recently I've found that it's not only the physical similarities that make us so alike, it's everything... well maybe not everything, but a lot of things.  It's our love for a cheesy joke, and a good Katherine Heigl movie (mainly Killers actually), even better, a cheesy joke IN a good Katherine Heigl movie.  It's the way we complain about how fast everyone else at Wednesday night basketball move up and down the court.  It's how we both find learning about the Holocaust to be particularly interesting (even though I'm not really that into all things history, but the Holocaust sparks my attention).  It's how in the beginning stages of employment, we both found ourselves at an elementary school surrounded by kindergarteners. But mostly I think it's the fact that we always seem to enjoy each others company, no matter what we are doing.
Sometimes when I think of Big Ash, I find myself singing the words to a Bette Midler song:

But yeah, at the end of the day, I think that if I have to be a "Lil" anyone, I wouldn't want to be anyone but Lil Ash, because Big Ash is pretty darn cool!