Introducing: Johnna

My eighth grade year I thought my life was made (little did my naive eighth grade self know, that the best was yet to come). I had some great friends, one of them included a shy, sweet girl named Johnna. Our friend group made a lot of great memories together, but at the beginning of my freshmen year that was taken away from me. I didn't feel like I fit in anymore and we all parted ways and made new friends. This wasn't a terrible thing, I learned a lot from it and made new friends that I am still incredibly close with. However, my junior year we got into a big friend group, "pals." We did everything, I mean everything together. Of course we had disagreements, however at the end of the day, we had each other's backs no matter what. Through pals, I became reunited with Johnna. This past spring and over the summer, Johnna quickly became one of my best friends again. We share so much in common, our love for Jesus, kiddos, organization, and Lauren Daigle are among the many things we have in common. Over the summer, we were together almost everyday. If we even went one day without seeing each other, there was a guaranteed "I miss you," text at some point during the day. The hours we spent together felt like minutes and the minutes we spent apart felt like hours. We made so many memories together. From lacing up each other's prom dresses, going on a mission trip together, to going to baseball games, to not missing a night of youth group, to knowing each other's families like they are our own, to wasting tanks upon tanks of gas while driving around for hours on end listening to each other, we spent every possible moment together. Johnna and I became known for sending the exact same text at the exact same time, finishing each other's sentences, and ending up finding ourselves hysterically laughing at just how similar we are. I could go on and on for hours about the amazing ways that God has blessed me with Johnna's friendship and everything she has done for me and how she has literally changed my life, however I'll just share the best ones. Some of the best include introducing me to my youth group and giving me some of my best friends, bringing me to a closer relationship with God, challenging me to be a better person everyday (she's made/helped me break a lot of bad habits), and always being a phone call away to come pick me up to be the best shoulder to cry on. If you don't know the sweet Johnna Marie who is among one of the most caring, thoughtful, funny, amazing, and Jesus loving people I know, you're missing out. I can't wait to be this sweet girl's roomie next year and see all of the amazing things that God has in store for our friendship and her calling to be the best preschool teacher ever.