I met Lana in junior high. She was the new girl at our school and we became fast friends. Although we weren't familiar with each other, the Lord had already intertwined our lives in the later elementary years through select softball and piano lessons. Little did I know how much he would continue to bless me through her friendship in years to come.
In some ways we are so similar and in some ways we couldn't be more different, but from high school to roomates in college, sorority sisters and beyond college, the Lord has woven our hearts together in a friendship that has truly blessed me.
It would not be uncommon in our high school days for us to be somewhere and for boys to approach us and tell Lana how beautiful she was. I remember on one occasion her and I were at a mall and an older boy came up to us and asked if he could take his picture and walk around with her because she was sooo beautiful. (Of course think of how beautiful my little freshman- in-high school self felt at that moment ;) )
But it's true, she
is beautiful but what everyone else who truly
knows her sees is her beautiful heart too. The name Lana means "light" and she embodies this word in my mind. She has the most beautiful and tender heart towards the Lord and her inner (and outer) beauty light up any room she is in.
Happy Birthday to my sweet friend, Lana Arnold!
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