It's #nationalbestfriends day, but I celebrate you every day. You have been my rock since forever.... well since around 3rd grade, but really who remembers anything before that? I don't need to type out our back story because then it would be a book. Our friendship is bigger than what this blog can handle, but I will say this. I thank God every day for you. You know me, and you know all of my heart. You're the first one I call for anything, whether it be huge like a heartbreak or just because I'm painfully bored. But honestly, I couldn't have made it through high school without you, Nadya. There would be times specifically in this school year that I doubted myself about my college decision and you'd turn to me in that snappy way and say, "shut up. If you don't go to Spelman, you will regret it for the rest of the life. You're going to Atlanta."
Now I'm going to Atlanta in exactly two months, but I already had to say goodbye to you last week as you spend the rest of your summer in Texas. It's really beginning to hit me that I won't see you everyday anymore, and that we're really about to be 6 hours apart. I won't pull up in the parking lot beside you before school or sit in your car anymore. Those days are really over. But no worries because nothing is going to change between us by our distance. Some people are never blessed to find friendship like ours, but I found my best friendship at 7 years old in the gym of Southaven Wildcats. You have been my biggest blessing, my truest friend, and I will love you until God allows my final breath. As your best friend, I am so proud of you. You are one of the most strongest women I know. You carry so much weight that you never let be exposed, and your strength is what I pray for to have. And I want you to know, to never doubt yourself, Nadya. Your future has already been planned out and ordained by God, and you have been purposed since being formed in your mother's womb. Speaking of her, your mother would be so proud of the woman you have become. I know without a doubt that she is smiling down on you and giving you wisdom in your dreams. To your mother, Mrs. Stephanie, thank you for giving birth to Nadya, and to God, thank You for giving her to me. We have so many precious memories together, and many memories are waiting to be made as we enter adulthood together. I am so blessed that you call me friend. You make life easier to withstand. I am always with you. And you already know, no one can replace me. No one could ever replace you either, Nadya Janai Coleman. Happy #nationalbestfriendsday, but I celebrate you and our friendship every day that I live. My prayer for you, Nadya: "God, I pray for Your covering over Nadya as she transitions to college. I pray that You continue to mold her into the woman of God whom you call her to be. I lift her heart to you, and continue to fill it, Lord, with your unconditional love. Satan, you have no place in her life and I bind you in the Name of Jesus. Lord, heal every inch of her heart that hurts and carries burdens. We know that the victory is Yours, and Your name is forever glorified. And I thank You, God, for what you are about to do in within her. Make an even bolder and fearless woman in her, Lord. In Jesus' Name, Amen." Take this scripture with you in your transition to college: "Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and lean not on your own understanding, but in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will direct your paths." Proverbs 3:5-6 I love you for a lifetime, Jas.
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