My dear friend Rachael loves the #12. It has a lot to do with the fact that her birthday is February 12th. This year she turned 25!!! And the date was 2/12/12 .....perfect for her!
I love thinking back over the years and the fun memories I have with friends. Here goes....
Dear Rachael,
I remember...........
When I saw you at church for one of the first times. Little did I know how close we would be later on.......
When you came to my 17th birthday party, although we weren't quite friends yet... ;-)
When you came over to help bake cookies with us at Christmas
(Sometime between my birthday & Christmas we became friends!)
When we went on a youth bowling trip and you made fun of my bowling style. ;)
When we were at youth camp & I yelled at a boy for being mean to you
When we TP'd Josh's house and got caught. We went back again & didn't get caught!
When we did a book study together on The Divine Romance
When we saw the movie Prom Night & some lady yelled through the whole thing
When we were at youth camp & we sat with a boy I liked while he ate breakfast
When we sat in each other's cars and talked for hours...multiple times...
When we ran around Washburn together AND you made me run 4 miles. Craziness!
When I gave you 'boyfriends,' one of which turned out to be a creeper. Whoops!
When we worked out at WU's gym. You are my favorite exercise partner!
When we had Anthropology class together....and the most interesting of teachers...
When we went to Mexico together & I got to introduce you to all my friends
When I threw a surprise birthday party for you but you had to show up in your workout clothes, which you weren't too pysched about
When you introduced me to the idea of eating popcorn inside of a tortilla
When we went to countless concerts together: WinterJam, Sonshine Festival, Skillet/Hawk Nelson, working for the Newsboys
When I helped you with your psychology project and I had to talk to strangers. Eek!
When you came to the XA house and your car died in the parking lot. Every time you came.
When we climbed up a tree at Lake Shawnee & talked about all the things God had been doing in our lives. And then we talked about our future lives. We're getting old. ;-)
When I watched you graduate from Washburn University after all your hard work!!
When you turned 25.....oh wait...that wasn't so long ago! ;)
I remember so much more about our friendship together. But I won't share it all. I look forward to many many MANY more years of friendship with you.
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| My 18th Birthday |
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| KU Basketball Game Winter 2008 |
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| Hawk Nelson Concert 2009 |
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| WinterJam 2010 |
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| Going Away Party - August 2011 |
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| Fall 2011 - one of my trips home |
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WU Graduation!! Winter 2011
I love you Rachael! Happy 25th Birthday!!!
Wow I am at a loss for words!!! Your words really touched my heart! I was reading them through teary eyes! Your an amazing friends Stef and I love you soo much! We have been through a lot but through it all I know that it has helped us grow into a deeper, meaningful friendship. You are so important to me and I am thankful to God that we are friends! Thanks for making me feel so special. :). One of my favorite memories of us is hearing the words you sing to songs your not sure of. I still hear those songs and giggle because of what you thought they said. I think about you often! We do have a lot of memories and I can't wait to make more! I love you so much!!
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