True, close friends are one of life’s greatest treasures. I watched the two lifelong friends as we motored up the Guadalupe River before sunrise. They are like Siamese twins.
My granddaughter, Demaris Darnell, and Gracie Stewart were friends even before kindergarten. Now they are about to complete 13 years as schoolmates when they graduate from Hill Country Christian School in May. Not only were they schoolmates, but it’s like they lived at each other’s houses. If you saw one, you usually saw the other. Many great outdoor adventures with Demaris involved Gracie. They have been soccer teammates, softball teammates, and the two horses on the basketball team in the state playoff final four the last two years.
Add to all this overseas mission trips together, church youth group, summer youth camps and babysitting adventures – I don’t know if one gets paid or both. It didn’t matter. Friends help each other.
