Friendship Post for a Blog Party!
I met Anne & May a couple of years ago after I read about them in Radiant magazine. They write “Christian fiction for the real world” and I felt at home visiting their blog right away (yes, we’re THAT kind of friends). This week they’re celebrating the release of their latest YA novel, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do. This post is part of their blog party! My role at the party is to tell a story about one of my friends.
In keeping with the novels for teenage girls theme, I’m choosing my friend Jill for this post. I met Jill at a get-to-know-the-new-girl party in my honor the summer before my sixth grade year. Talk about trauma. I don’t remember much from the party except a few warnings about which boys were already claimed and what to avoid in the cafeteria. But I know Jill was there, and she has stuck with me even when I, as her father kindly notes, have taken the non-traditional path in so many ways!
Here’s my short list of the reasons Jill was an awesome friend:
She indulged my love for Kirk Cameron.
She invited me to sleep over and always ordered Casey’s pizza for the occassion.
She kept me up on school gossip when I transferred to a private school.
She let me tag along on her trips to the out-of-town doctor and hit the mall afterwards.
She threw me a surprise 18th birthday party!
She never missed one of my important events.
She let me sing a Celine Dion song at her wedding!
She took care of me when I was stuck in the hospital with a very sick baby.
She kept pushing me to finish my college degree – I’m almost there!
She never stopped calling me. Even when I was (am) a jerk and didn’t return her calls in a timely fashion.
You simply cannot have too many friends like this girl! Love you, Jill! (I know you’re out there reading this but never commenting!)
That was great, Felic! Thank God for Jills!
Don’t forget the yearbooks. She bought us the yearbook every year AND took it to all our other friends to have them sign it. I have some treasured notes because of her.
OK…Now… SERIOUSLY, I might have to stop reading these blogs. There are NOT enough hours in the day to read all the blogs (and new books) that you gals link to that I find SOOOO totally interesting. It’s the same feeling I get when I look at my stack of unread/but-I’m-dying-to-read books at home. Why must I work, and clean, and cook and do laundy?? I’d rather just read all the time!
You are so right, Carol! Since I have to read so much for school I don’t do ANY fun reading right now. It’s killing me!
And, Seren, how could I forget about the yearbooks! (Of course, mine doesn’t mean quite as much to me as yours since my husband – in his high school form – didn’t write in mine!)
OOHHHHHH so you’re that friend who can sing! It’s all coming together now. I’m SO JEALOUS YOU CAN SING! You know how you know you can sing? People ask you to sing at their weddings!!
And what a nice blurb about us at the top. Honey! I’m so glad you feel at home. Take off your shoes and stay a while.
And thank you for entering our contest. We’re so thankful for all the Nickerson girls and their kinfolk.