23 November 2025

GRATEFUL: Day 23


 

Today, 23 November, Sunday, I am thankful for my tribe:  these are my closest friends who are also sisters-in Christ because they also follow Jesus.  These are the people I do life with. I don't have photos of some of them.  These are the friends I can call to go shopping with, to laugh with, do dinner dates with, to double date with, to talk about books and Scripture with, to cry with, to get advice from, to go on vacation with, to walk with or hike with, and to pray with:  Debbie K, Cheryl S, Monica M.  ( who also happen to be my spiritual mentors).  I have no pics of them that I've had permission to share.

And these friends whom I see much more often than the other three: Diane W,  Joan B, Maggie B, Lynn E, Dar, Cindy H,  Donna (I see her about twice a year due to distance issues)   Melanie, Celine,  Cindy R, Diane F, Ann E,  Ingrid, Cheryl B. 

Joan and I on the summit of Goodnow Mt/Firetower
Photo used with permission




Cindy R and I at Fawn Lake
photo used with permission





Ann and I on vacation in Port Huron, Michigan
photo used with permission




from l-r: some unknown woman who hiked with us
me in the middle and my dear childhood friend Cheryl B
Wakely Mt trailhead before climbing to the  summit 
August 2014!











my bff Lynn E and i
at the Ignite Conference
2023



another close childhood church friend, Diane W
we were on a walking tour of art in Amsterdam 




Ingrid, Cindy H and I
on top of Buck Mt
2019















Celine, me, Maggie, Joan at Auger Falls 
the ones I call my tribe...the ones with whom I spend the most time
who are there for me, who pray together, sing together, hike together


Thank You, God for good friends!! 


Ping, me, Evelyn
before the climb up Vanderwhacker Mt
Sept 2025

What about you? do you have a tribe you do life with? 

Do you have a spiritual mentor? 



1 comment:

Susan said...

Hi Faith, I have several friends and a few very close friends. I enjoyed all your pictures!