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We all know the sweetest way to celebrate February 14th is with your bestie!  So of course we had to chat with most adorable Gal-friends we know, Holly and Kari.

Youngsters Kari and Holly showing off their Halloween costumes.

How did you meet? What has changed since then?

Kari: Holly and I met in Elementary School. We were playground playmates. The only thing that has changed is that I’m the taller one now!

Holly: They only thing that has truly changed is growing up, and not spending the night with each other almost every night. We don’t get to play outside anymore, or build forts, or making silly video tapes of us dancing to NSYNC.

What do you love most about her?

Holly: 
I love her soul. She has always been there for me. She is my voice when I can’t speak, my eyes when I can’t see, and my strength when I’m weak.

Kari: She has the biggest heart I have EVER seen (of) any one person. Her sweet soul makes her stand out from the crowd in every way. Shall I go on? It would take a novel!

Friendship ring from 3rd grade.

Holly: Kari got us friendship rings in the 3rd Grade. She has “Best” and I have “Friends.”  I found the ring in an old jewelry box the other day at my parents house. I instantly had tears in my eyes because it was a precious find. Many people just don’t find a friendship like this. It’s very rare to find what we have. Some things get old, and tarnish, but a true friendship, never will!

Describe her in 3 words:

Kari: Caring, Loving, Silly

Holly: 
I only need one word…. Irreplaceable

What’s the best gift she has ever given you?


Holly: A friendship every single person in this world should have.

Kari: Her friendship. Hands down!

Kari and Holly at Kari’s Wedding in 2012.

Holly: Send funny pictures, or talk about old memories that instantly make us both laugh.

Kari: A hug. Holly always loves a good hug. She wouldn’t turn down sharing a nice bowl of ice cream either, though.

Funniest moment together:

Kari: (When) she and I chose to WALK through the McDonalds drive thru.

Holly: Or when we were in 6^th grade and we put on poodle skirts, put a sweater on my dog, and walked around the neighborhood putting pennies in everyone’s mailbox! We’re so weird, we just get each other!

Kari (top) and Holly showing off their goofy side!

Holly: Wayne and Garth for sure. We are so weird that only we understand each other.  We can just look at each other and know exactly what the other one is thinking.

Kari: When I say, “Party on, Garth,” she automatically replies “Party, on Wayne.” It’s just what we do!

Girls night in or out?


Both: In!

You only have one more day to spend with each other. What do you do?

Holly: …I would hug her for a long amount of time, and then we would play super Nintendo while listening to NSYNC. I would say, “Kari, thank you so much for a lifetime of happiness. I don’t know what to do without you. You are the one thing that has always stayed true…”

Kari: I would tell her as many times as he clock permitted that I love her. I would honestly be lost without her.

Holly and Kari at their 3rd grade Christmas program.

Any advice for people who are trying to make new friends?

Holly: Start singing “Don’t Stop Believing” in a public place, and the people that sing along with you, that’s who you want to be friends with. People who don’t sing it with you? Well, you don’t need that kind of negativity in your life!

Kari: When you meet your forever friend, it just clicks. You’ll know when someone is your someone. Be open-minded to people unlike yourself.

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