Dear Grace,
Hello my lovely friend! How are you doing? I know I just saw you in a video call a bit ago, but I hope you’re doing alright today and are reminded of how LOVED and AMAZING you are. :)
I hope that this message finds you feeling blessed by Him wherever you are today—or at least reminds you a little more of His endless love and grace for us—for you! :)
Anyways, I just wanted to write you a little appreciation letter, if you will. :) I know these past couple of weeks haven’t been the easiest for us all, and that you’ve probably been feeling a bit swamped with school work and just processing everything that’s happening. I hope you know that I am rooting for you and here for you girl! :) Praying for you. :)
I am so grateful that we met and just clicked so easily right away! :) I’m looking through my photos now, and the first time we met up was October 17th, 2019, which is exactly 6 months ago from yesterday! HAHA SOOO happy 6 months in our friendship??? :) Here is a nice little boomerang of you and Chih Ning (CUTIES!) from that meet-up where we also snacked a whole lot haha.
I still remember how we ended up talking about BLOGGING and ROOMING the FIRST time we met up in person! CraZY huh!? So cool to see how far we’ve come. :) I can’t wait to (hopefully this fall!) room with you and Stacy and Charis just be able to come back at night and catch up on each other’s days. :’) Also, we’ve been doing our monthly trackers for so long wow (thanks for the accountability sista:))! I know it’s been so hard at times (haha oop) but I’m so proud of how far we’ve come wow! :) To think that it’s kind of become a habit, you know?, from when we first began. :’) ALSO so so grateful we started blogging (two college gals who started a blog together? I love that hAHA :)). I LOVE being able to reflect and grow together and in the beginning, to just share our thoughts with one another (HAHA before we actually shared and now have an audience!! Hello!!!:P).
It’s so funny, when I first met you, I remember thinking wow this girl and I vibe SO HARD and we’re so similar in so many ways! I remember feeling SO blessed that God placed you in my life—and I still feel that way today. :) I think something cool though is that the more I’ve gotten to know you, the more I’ve seen the similarities and differences between us, and it’s oh so very amazing how God created us all so unique yet similar in many ways. :) I just wanted to also share some of my favorite moments that we’ve shared and just some of the MANY ways I appreciate you!
→ I think one thing you’ve really shown me is how to show hospitality to others. I remember how welcoming you were to me as we were getting to know each other (just in eating together, etc.) and anytime you had a friend from home over! I also really remember how hospitable you were to my friend from home who was visiting one weekend. Thank you for teaching and reminding me to show God’s love. You exemplify His love in your grace towards others. :)
→ I LOVED that night where I’m pretty sure we danced across Harnwell Dungeon after LG and then went to FroGro (sad that it’s no longer there aw) and you got mint ice cream (but we didn’t have a spoon LOL) and we bought green grapes (LOL dining halls only have purple ones ahaha)! And we ate grapes and worked on our blog maybe? and just goofed off and took photos and then we scurried back to our rooms together, making sure we got back safely. What a night. :)
→ I very fondly still remember giggling and talking about… you know… boys HAHA as we walked down Locust under an umbrella together in the rain. SO silly haha. :) But actually so blessed by you in this area too—I love our mature (and sometimes silly) conversations and I really respect you in this area and how you help me grow as a person. :)
→ THANK YOU for helping me fall in love with God’s gift of music!!! I LOVE jamming with you Gracie, and I really hope we can destress together more in the years to come through music. Thank you for pushing me to become more confident in this area and to just have fun and for harmonizing with me… and then singing my part because I start to follow your harmony HAHA. I still remember that like week where we both were uh… kinda stressed bout’ rooming and everything and it was sort of an emotional wreck LOL? but I remember thinking wow I’m so grateful for how we bonded and for more moments where we support each other and can jam together! :) ALSO thanks for not making me feel self-conscious here—means so much to have a sister who is SO musically gifted who I can learn from and jam with! :) PTL for music in helping us grow closer to Him and pointing us back to Him. :’)
→ I SO FONDLY remember when we were figuring out a situation together ya know. I think at this point we had sorta figured it out? Praise God. You just sat on my lap after LG (HAHA people must’ve thought we were so weird) and we were so giddy happy together and we prayed together right smack in the middle of everyone talking LOL and then we ran circles around LGH HAHA. I have a vid of that too. :) That was definitely a favorite moment of mine in college so far too.
→ HEHE I have LOVED doing workouts at home with ya so far. Thanks for sorta going along with the crazy workouts I try and giggling together as we attempt exercises! YAY! :) Here’s to many more workouts to come!!!
→ I MISS OUR THURSDAY HILL MEALS. HECK I MISS HILL. MISS YOU AND RUSHING TO CLASS AFTER. :)
→ I remember once I was feeling a bit stressed and was in LCH Media Room watching a movie with the pals. I ended up being the only gal for a bit HAHA and just was feeling strangely overwhelmed, and you texted me something along the lines of “I’ll come to you!!” and just came and sat with me and that meant so much. :) Love ya.
→ HAHA I love our constant little venmos to each other and gifts—thanks for showing me God’s love here too wow. Love ya here’s to many more years of this and just taking life on together!!!
→ THANK YOU for messaging the group and always being so supportive in zoom calls HAHA. :) Hearing you speak and share always encourages me. Thanks for voicing up, even when it can be kinda easier to not sometimes or sometimes a lil’ scary. I so appreciate it. Love ya girl you a powerful wonderful sistaaa. :)
→ THANKS for always encouraging me and reminding me and all of us that we are fearfully and wonderfully made. You are fearfully and wonderfully made Grace. :) You’re amazing, and thanks for being confident and bold in reminding others this.
→ Thanks for going through so much together, freshman year and ya just wow. Whether it be strengthening our own friendship, getting through tough times together, celebrating moments together… thanks for being there and going through it together. :) We’ve come so far wow. (WAIT ALSO like all those lil' events we went to together... free food... LOL. :))
→ Thank you for letting me text you photos and messages (mostly for our blog :P) so I can transfer them to my laptop HAHA and always here for yours hehe!!! <3 ;)
→ THANKS FOR YOU HUMOR!!! YOU SO FUNNY GIRL. :)
→ YOU SO CUTE BTW. :)
→ OH ALSO thanks for picking up my spontaneous facetimes heh and chatting. LOVE YA.
→ HEHE thanks for the constant hearts HHAHAAHA when we go back and forth. Love ya. :)
→ ALSO always so encouraged by how you seek Him and show His love. :) Thanks for pointing me back to Him too. Love yaaaaa hehehehe (how many times can I say this oop never too many tho;) lovelovelove ya!).
YUP. So there’s probably a lot more and I could go on and on, but I hope you know how grateful I am to have a best friend and sister in Christ like you. Here’s to continuing to point each other towards Him and growing together to be more like Him. Super excited to zoom call more (and hopefully see you in person sooonnnn)! Stay safe ma love. Appreciate you a lot. :) Also one of us will probably be texting the other a heart soon HAHA and so see you soon in messages or something. :P :) LOVE YOUUU!!! <3 :) (Wow writing this makes me wanna just be able to sit together like we did that one time in VP and just be in each other’s presence and just chat or just blog together and AAHHH. Hehe:))
All for the glory of God.
With love,
Joyce
Bible verse foundation: WOW okay so I decided to search up Bible verses for best friends and was so encouraged reading through them. Going to put a couple here. :) May they be an encouragement to all of us.
Love ya Gracie. :)
“Two are better than one, because they have a good return for their labor:” Ecclesiastes 4:9
“Carry each other’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.” Galatians 6:2
“Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:11
“I always thank God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Corinthians 1:4
P.S. TEEHEE tb to jamming. Thanks for teaching me this quirky cute facial expression HAHA. ALSO WHEN WE SPONTANEOUSLY TWINNED AYO (and I think did our nails together this night HAHA AW... and tried to do the guys' HAHA). Love you Grace appreciate you lots! :)
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