When I was a kid I lived in a neighborhood with lots of kids. Up on the next block, there lived a little blonde girl, just my age. I had heard of her because her dad had passed away suddenly when she was, in, like 3rd grade, and then about the same time, her kitty also died. This made an impression on me bcause my mom had died when I was little, and, oh, by the way my dog. Rascal, had also died.
Gretchen and I became friends when we were in 9th grade. We began hanging around with two older girls, Ginny and Jan. (I think they were the ones who led us astray.) We spent our summer evenings sitting outside, Gretchen strumming her ukelele, and all of us singing along. Seriously. It really happened. We had lots of fun together--we shared a sense of humor.
Gretchen had this way about her--for example she always referred to my late dog, Rascal, as Roscoe, and my boyfriend, Doug, as Darwin--and it still pretty much cracks me up.
We had so much fun together but we also went through our teenage angst together. We spent many hours, one or both of us depressed, hating our moms, talking about boys, listening to Simon and Garfunkel and eating wafer cookies.
After graduation we both went to different colleges and went through our own trials and turmoils.
We kept in contact, but didn't see each other often. Then, about the same time, through very different
ways, we both came to know Jesus as our savior, and put our trust in him!
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Dear Gretchen,
Your friendship is truly a gift from God! He gave us to each other to share those troubled teenage years, and he knew all along that we would both give our hearts to him and that we would share that as well. Thank you for your hospitality last weekend--it was like water to my soul. (And chocolate chip cookies to my tummy:) I love you, my dear friend!
Gretchen and I became friends when we were in 9th grade. We began hanging around with two older girls, Ginny and Jan. (I think they were the ones who led us astray.) We spent our summer evenings sitting outside, Gretchen strumming her ukelele, and all of us singing along. Seriously. It really happened. We had lots of fun together--we shared a sense of humor.
Gretchen had this way about her--for example she always referred to my late dog, Rascal, as Roscoe, and my boyfriend, Doug, as Darwin--and it still pretty much cracks me up.
We had so much fun together but we also went through our teenage angst together. We spent many hours, one or both of us depressed, hating our moms, talking about boys, listening to Simon and Garfunkel and eating wafer cookies.
After graduation we both went to different colleges and went through our own trials and turmoils.
We kept in contact, but didn't see each other often. Then, about the same time, through very different
ways, we both came to know Jesus as our savior, and put our trust in him!
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Dear Gretchen,
Your friendship is truly a gift from God! He gave us to each other to share those troubled teenage years, and he knew all along that we would both give our hearts to him and that we would share that as well. Thank you for your hospitality last weekend--it was like water to my soul. (And chocolate chip cookies to my tummy:) I love you, my dear friend!
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