However the BFF friendship starts, it’s a relationship to be treasured
Sometimes, with our oldest friends, it’s shared memories: being the two jump rope “enders” together; choosing each other for the Machanayim team when either was captain; sharing a bunk, giggles, and extra desserts at camp.
Then there are same-age-same-stage friends. Sem roommates, cramming together at final exam time; young mothers, sharing their children’s first steps; mothers of older kids, comparing shidduch and wedding stories; grandmothers, coping with a pandemic that keeps them from hugging their grandchildren.
However the BFF friendship starts, it’s a relationship to be treasured. We Sisters are acutely aware of this now because we just lost a dear friend. Mirel Weinberger, a’h, has been a friend since elementary school. Her intelligence, kindness, grace, and emunah made her an FFL: a friend for life. Her recent petirah left us devastated — and inspired. We chose friendship as our theme as a tribute to Mirel.
By the time of her shloshim, Mirel’s BFFs from elementary and high school completed more than 20 books of Tehillim in her memory, created a daily shmiras halashon shiur, gave tzedakah to her shul. We laughed at the old stories, cried at our loss, shared memories and grief and friendship in a way that Mirel herself would have loved.
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