test Book of Memories for Julie Dee Christison Recent updates for the Book of Memories http://aspenmortuaries.frontrunnerpro.com/runtime/186419/runtime.php?SiteId=186419&NavigatorId=900177&ItemId=2671709&op=tributeMemorialCandles&viewOpt=dpaneOnly Frontrunner Professional Book of Memories V4 en-gb Story shared: My very first and best friend! http://aspenmortuaries.frontrunnerpro.com/runtime/186419/runtime.php?SiteId=186419&NavigatorId=900177&ItemId=2671709&op=tributeFamilyStories&viewOpt=dpaneOnly&gid=story6632131 Julie was my first, best friend!  We met when we were just 5 years old!  I had just moved to Arvada with my parents, into our new home that was around the corner from Julie and her family.  I remember her walking down the sidewalk with her mom to welcome us to the neighborhood and she came up to me and said "Hi, my name is Julie!  What's yours?"  I told her and she said "I'm going to be your friend!"  I remember thinking how pretty she was with her long hair and beautiful eyes and I felt like an ugly duckling!  But we were connected immediately!  From that point on, we were inseparable!  We began playing at each others house and spending the night, sometimes we'd get scared and our parents would call each other to say "Julie is scared and wants to come home" or "Kathy is scared and wants to come home", but as the days went by we were comfortable at each others house.  We did everything together!  If I wasn't at her house she was at mine.  We used to walk to KMart and Duckwalls to buy Icee's and candy.  We loved going to the Arvada Plaza and catching a movie, or going to the pet store.  We always wanted to wear the same clothes and be "twins"!  :)  Her parents were like my second set of parents and always welcomed me to their home.  They would include me on trips to the mountains, and family gatherings.  They were like family to me.  Julie was always welcomed at my house too and my sister Carol would always take us places with her; camping and 4-wheeling.  We had a great childhood together.

Julie was a year behind me in school so we never had the same classes and started meeting different friends, but I knew she would always be my best friend.  As the years went by, and we become teenagers, our lives took different paths.  Julie started a family at a young age and I was in school.  We did make new friends but I will always think of her as my best friend!  We caught up on occasion by phone or I would see her at craft shows with her kiddos in tow and it was like we never had years come between us.  

If I could talk to her one last time, I would tell her thank you Jules for being my friend!  God puts people in our lives for a reason and the reason he gave me you was so that I could look back on my childhood and say, wow, what fun we had!  As kids, we played together and laughed together, got into some trouble together and loved each other!  I am so sorry that you suffered with your illness, but I know that you are with our Savior! You were a good friend, a loving daughter and sister, a wonderful mother and wife!  You were taken too soon, but your impact on the people you have touched in your short time on earth has been amazing! You loved and were loved by so many!  God bless you, I love you Jules, and I will see you again someday! Rest in peace my friend!  Kathy

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