I have always held my girl friends very dear to my heart. Because I didn’t have any sisters growing up, my girl friends always had to fill that roll for me. The Lord has blessed me with some of the best girlfriends that I could ask for. To name a few…
Amber (Orchard) Morrell – Oh how I love my little Amber. We were quite the odd couple. I was am so tall and she is so short. But, it didn’t bother us. We met at church when we were very young. There was a bit of a rivalry at first, but then, somehow, we became the best of friends. Just as we graduated 8th grade, Amber’s family moved a couple of towns over to Granite Bay. I was worried that it would make it harder for she and I to maintain our friendship, but it probably strengthened it more. I used to go to stay the night at her house, and not come home for a week. Her family was a second family to me. To this day, Amber and I can go months without seeing or talking to each other, and then pick right back up as soon as we see each other as if we hadn’t missed a day. I really do live my little Amber!
Lisa Dent – Lisa and I met probably long before my first real memory of her. We grew up in the same stake and our older brothers went to school together. But, my first memory is at a basketball game for 2 of our brothers, we were bored so our Mom’s let us go and play on some random mats in the corner. Lame, I know. Then I remember during Volleyball tryouts for our Freshmen year of high school, she showed up a week late, and as soon as she got there I thought to myself, “That sucks, she is a week late, but I know she is going to make the team because she is good.” Ha! Ha! Ha! I am lame! But, even with that, we still seemed to find a common ground and an appreciation for each other. Lisa has truly been a great friend to me. I always look forward to the times that I get to see her, especially because they are few and far between. But, I always know that I can count on her. Shortly after I got released from the hospital, I was having a very down day. So I text Lisa and told her that I needed a Lisa fix. She was living in Washington at the time, so she simply responded with, “I can come down this weekend.” It meant the world to me and I will forever appreciate it.
Amie Ryan – Oh, how words can not even describe the love that I have for Amie Ryan. We didn’t truly become friends until we were in the Singles Ward together. There is just a love that I have for Amie that cannot even be described. Much like Amber, Amie and I can go months without seeing each other, and then act as if a day never passed. The only difference is, the first thing Amie and I say to each other is, “What’s the dirt! Fill me in!” Ha! Ha! Ha!
Lisa (Nicholson) Jarvis – Lisa and I kind of, inadvertently, traded places when I moved here to Oregon. I fell in love with a boy from Oregon, and she fell in love with a boy from California. So we bonded over preparing each other for our big life changes. Lisa is an amazing person, and I wish that we still loved close to each other. Especially because I know that Lisa, Amie and I could have some MAJOR fun together! Despite our difference in taste of Colleges, Lisa is a Duck fan and I am a Beaver fan, I still do love her, and I CANNOT wait to see her little girl very soon!
Seana (Garber) Aivaz – Seriously, I love this chick. I don’t even know how we became such good friends. We met on our mission when we were put as companions. We fought almost every night. But, it was truly one of those things where you don’t know how great what you have is, until you don’t have it anymore. When I was transferred to another area on the Island, we were aching to be back together as companions after the first week or so. We may had fought a lot, but we also had great times together. I was transferred to Guam, and for a few months we weren’t on the Island together. But you better believe I was at the airport when she was transferred to Guam. My last night in the mission, I think our President knew what good friends Seana and I were because he loaded up one of the sisters apartments, and then allowed Seana and I to stay by ourselves in her apartment. We had so much fun reminiscing about Pohnpei and our great times there. I was sad to leave her, but we knew that we would be best friends and would know each other for the rest of our lives. And, this far we are. I was in her wedding, and if she wasn’t so dang pregnant when I got married, she would have been in mine. We may live states apart, but thanks to modern technology and social media we are able to still keep in great contact with each other.
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