jamie y. watkins

Tag: friendship

  • Hospitality and Friendship

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    Chad and I love having people over. Even in our small one bedroom apartment, we used to invite a bunch of people over for Christmas parties and barbeques and other events, cramming people in to our small space. When we bought our house, our greatest vision for it was how we would be able to…

  • I Hope They’d Be Proud

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    I became a Christian in high school. I met my friend, Laura, who invited me to a bible study at her house and I loved it, and I became a Christian. It wasn’t some big, transformative moment or decision for me. It felt pretty natural and easy, for the most part. The thing was, outside of…

  • Jen

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    Today is Jen’s birthday. She and our friend Ashley are my best friends after my husband. We grew up together and have so much history behind us. We met in, I don’t know, second grade? By the time we were in fourth or fifth grade, we were best friends. And we had rocky times, as I…