Melissa Basel is the epitome of a sweetheart. I met Melissa through my good friend Dominic once they started dating and ever since I first met her, Melissa has been lovely to be around. She's the kind of girl who is almost always kind and sweet, but she also has a little fire in her too so if something/someone (she knows who I'm talking about) gets her a little riled up, she can get really animated and it is hilarious.
My favorite memory of Melissa has to be from when she and Dominic visited me in the fall of my junior year at MSU. Melissa is a little shy when you first see her, and at the beginning of the night she was still a little timid. But once a few drinks were flowing and we started to have a good time, she really started to open up and the group of us had a great time for just hanging out and drinking in an apartment all night. At one point Melissa brought up how she wanted to have a miniature pig as a pet, and that quote ended up being incorporated in the photo album I made for the night, arguably my favorite impromptu photo session to date, mostly because of a scarf she brought, ha. It's amazing what can happen when you pass around a DSLR during a night of drunken splendor...I suggest everyone try it at least one.
There isn't enough I could say about Melissa, other than that she is a phenomenal human being and the member of one of my favorite families: the Breathtaking Basels. I haven't seen her in a while as of writing this, but I sure hope I get to see her soon because I have pretty great memories with that girl and if there's one thing that never gets old, it's making memories.
Cheers,
-Andrew