Mornings with Jesus

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30

JENNIFER AND I MET WHEN we were three years old. Our friendship has survived moves, our attendance at different schools, and major life changes. We shared a, and our junior high lip-gloss collections bordered on hoarding. We are proof that kids outgrow weird phases. We witnessed each other’s awkward preteen years, big eighties hair, and less-than-stellar dating choices. When you’ve been friends this long, you have a unique window into each other’s lives.

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