Jill and I became instant best friends in the singles ward. We met at a singles ward activity. We were inseparable, we are like sisters and I we could always relate to each other. I still keep Jilly beans near and dear to me and I can't wait until she comes to visit me!
Justin, on the left: He came to singles ward one Sunday and he sat in the back. I went up and said HI, I am Jen I am cooking dinner for my roommates tonight and we are having some people over. Would you like to come? He came, and ever since then we had a special friendship. Justin and I have been friends since I was 20 years old. We still go on double dates and we also worked together for years at my previous job in Lexington.
Steve, In the middle: Showed up one night to FHE in a trech coat.No one knew who he was. He was newly divorced and drove an hour to come to FHE. Again, I said, HI, I am Jennifer do you want to sit with me and my friend? We also became instant friends. He, Justin and I were like our own little group we would have hair dying parties, we would crash parties, go see live music, he would always bring me ice cream when I was sick, he would take me out for ice cream when I was sad, brought me flowers when I had surgery. He was just Awesome! He and Justin would hang out at my parents house. We were all sad when Steve got remarried and moved to Idaho, no one has heard from him since. The last we heard was that he had 2 babies. We miss him!
Lee: I met Lee when he came home from his mission. We were in Gospel Essentials class, my roomate at the time asked him to go to dinner with us all one night after an FHE lesson. He came and gave me the nickname Columbia, we were goofs and one day we were at a stake dance and he said: you know what? We should take dance lessons together and the next week we enrolled in Arthur Murray. We learned fast and we went to competitions in Cincinnati we became really close friends. Our last competition we received a Bronze medal. One night around midnight he called me and said he wanted me to meet his younger brother. I said when? he said NOW. I was like WHAT? He said yeah we are heading to your house now and we are bringing food.. His little brother was GRANT! The last time I saw Lee was at Grants Wedding with his wife and kids. He moved away to Utah and served as a Bishop. I still get the scoop through Grant. Miss you my friend!
Ahhh Grant! When I met Grant it was out of this world something special. When we met the night Lee brought him over, we felt like we had been friends for Eternity! He was still in high school but it was like we were just reunited. We hung out every single night from about 11pm until 6am until I had to go to work the next day. We never ran out of things to talk about and we had the BEST of times. We laughed so hard during our friendship, we went to Perkins almost every night, we talked about going on a mission at the same time, he ended up going and I ended up getting married. He was my biggest fan and I was his. Our friendship was purely spiritual as in we went through the same spiritual things at the same time. He always said I would end up marrying Ryan and he was right! He pushed me to date him, and gave me dating advice. We could talk about anything and no one judged anyone. Til this day I still have Grant on a high pedestal and we make sure we keep in touch at least once a month. We still have this huge spiritual connection that no one could ever break. We have a friendship song, and it's called send me an Angel. When we hear that song we think of each other as each others angels. He is one of the biggest gifts from God sent to be my eternal friend. Seriously, who doesn't love Grant? He is an amazing Spirit with many Spiritual gifts.
Well as you can see, my blessings keep getting longer by the year. These were just a FEW of friends from Singles Ward. There were gazillions more that touched my life but I just didn't have the room to squeeze them in. I am proud of my choices in life. Look how much Joy Christ has brought to my life. God Speed until my 12th year
