{"id":19690,"date":"2026-03-11T08:05:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T08:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/uncategorized\/friends-forever\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T06:08:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T06:08:24","slug":"friends-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/friends\/friends-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Friends Forever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I once read a poster that said: \u201cGood friends are like stars\u2026You don\u2019t always see them, but you know they are always there.\u201d I like that\u2014especially because it perfectly describes my friendships<span style=\"font-size: 1rem;line-height: 1.4375rem\"> with Angie and Raegan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Angie and I became friends on the first day of kindergarten. A little unsure of myself, I asked my mother how to make friends on that first day of school. She suggested I go up to another little girl and simply introduce myself. Sounded good to me, so I gave it a shot.<\/p>\n<p>I saw Angie Massette across the room. I eyeballed her all during milk break, and then I marched right over to her and uttered: \u201cHi. My name is Missy (my nickname) Medlock. Would you be my friend?\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"239\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-43585\" alt=\"Friends forever--Michelle and Raegan.\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog_friends_1_300.jpg\" style=\"width: 300px;height: 239px;margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px;float: right\" \/>Angie looked at me as if I\u2019d lost my ever-loving mind. Still, she must have taken pity on the little girl with pigtails that were too tight and a faint, red Kool-Aid mustache because she answered, \u201cSure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The rest, as they say, is history. We became best friends that day, and we\u2019ve been friends ever since. Sure, we\u2019ve had other buddies over the years but the two of us were inseparable\u2014joined at the hip. There wasn\u2019t room for any other close friends\u2014until we met Raegan Holiday in fourth grade.<\/p>\n<p>Angie and I lived in the same neighborhood and rode our Huffy bikes all over the addition all summer long. As hot and humid as Indiana summers are, we longed for a swimming pool. Neither of us had one, unless you counted my plastic frog pool. Then, Raegan moved into the addition. And, she moved into the house on the corner with a SWIMMING POOL!<\/p>\n<p>We weren\u2019t sure how to meet this new little girl, but just like Lucy and Ethel\u2014Angie and I came up with a \u201cbrilliant plan.\u201d We put on our bathing suits, draped our beach towels around our necks, and strapped on our goggles. Then, we rode our bikes over to Raegan\u2019s house and hung out by the street corner saying clever things like, \u201cWhew! It\u2019s sure hot out here. Wish there was some place we could swim\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"245\" class=\" alignleft size-full wp-image-43586\" alt=\"Friends forever--Michelle and Angie\" src=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/blog_friends_2_600.jpg\" style=\"width: 275px;height: 245px;margin-left: 15px;margin-right: 15px;float: left\" \/>Raegan\u2019s mother, Patsy, must have admired our gutsiness and invited us in one afternoon. We soon discovered that we liked Raegan for way more than her pool. She was a cool kid\u2014who had even won a tiara in a beauty pageant. I was sure it was made of real diamonds.<\/p>\n<p>The terrific twosome became the three musketeers, and it\u2019s been that way ever since. Through dance recitals, cheer camps, fad diets, fashion fiascos, triple dates, proms, heartbreaks, broken engagements, spring break vacations, SATs, college courses, marriages, births, miscarriages, cross-country moves, class reunions and everything else in life\u2014we\u2019ve been there for one another\u2014forever friends.<\/p>\n<p>Some friends are fair-weather. Some friends are for a season. But few friends are friends forever. Those friends are worth more than jewels\u2014even diamond tiaras. I praise God for those forever-kind-of-friends, and I celebrate Raegan especially this week because her birthday was yesterday (Happy belated b-day, Raegan Leigh!) Friends come and friends go, but Angie and Raegan will always be in my life\u2014just like the stars. Here\u2019s hoping you have some stars in your life, too!<\/p>\n<p>Pray this with me: \u201cFather, thank You for placing such amazing friends in my life. Help me to never take them for granted. 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