A trip down memory lane and the friend that I met there
By Heather Ledeboer | Category: The Journey of Motherhood
I want to introduce Kira, a dear "bosom friend".
God brought her
into my life at a very low time–though Google of all things.
Here is the condensed version of the story:
I have a blog.
Kira
has a blog.
I live in North Idaho.
Kira lives in North Idaho.
Heather
does not know Kira.
Kira only knows of Heather because she has shopped
her super rockin' website, Mom 4 Life (and yes since this is my version
of the story I can dr. it any way i wish;).
Kira learns of the loss
of Heather's son Sawyer.
Kira starts reading Heather's blog.
One day
Kira writes a post on her blog
about Heather.
Google Alerts notifies Heather that someone has
written something with a link to Mom 4 Life.
Heather checks it out.
Heather
is deeply touched by Kira's post.
On June 23, 2008 at 9:27 AM Heather leaves a comment on
her blog post asking Kira if she wants to get together.
Kira and
Heather do get together and find they are going to be good friends.
Their
husbands meet and agree that they will be good friends.
Their kids
meet and, yup you guessed it, good friends.
Fast forward 2 years to the month:
Heather's youngest son Quinten is born one month after Kira's youngest son.
Kira and Heather have already decided they will be
good friends.
Heather believes that it was actually God (using Google Alerts) that brought the two of them together.
You never know when God might introduce you to your next bosom friend, keep your eyes open!
How great is our God to bring you together as friends….Heather you touch so many people and im so Thankful for knowing you…
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Tina, I so agree, God is so good that way. I am thankful for your friendship too Tina and the way God brought us together. I have many new friends that I found though losing Sawyer–beauty from ashes:).
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Well didn’t you just catch me off guard, my little bosom friend!! I feel famous for a day
I *love* your condensed version of the story… it still boggles me that we met that way. I remember thinking the day I met you about a prayer I had offered up in my heart just a week or so before. I had prayed that God would send me some real, true, bosom, walk-through-fire-with-me friends. Not a lot, just one or two would be really nice. And the next thing I knew, I was at your house. And I wondered that day if you would be one of those friends, but I was afraid to tell you that, because I didn’t want to scare you away… that would kind of be like proposing on the first date. And here we are… Thank you Jesus for my friend Heather, I truly love her.
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Ahhhh Kira, that comment brings tears to my eyes. Thank you indeed Jesus for Kira, her friendship has been a gift that I couldn’t have asked for but one that you knew we both needed. You are soooo good to us!
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