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Some people say that men and women can’t be close friends. Not true. Some of my closest friends are men. Dave Romero is one.

When I first met Dave, he was way different than anyone I had ever met. Scott recently described him as a hummingbird. His energy level is off the chain. He has a unique, west coast style of clothes and hair. He exudes confidence, almost to the point of overconfidence until you get to know him and find out his history. Now I know that he is one of the most humble people I know. Who loves to talk about himself, probably to remind himself of who he is and what is important to him. Dave welcomes friends like us who can call him out, are real with him. Dave was a rock star and he is still a rock star. Not many of us have actually met one so of course, he’s going to be a little different. Now he just rocks it out as a Pastor.

People are important to him. I am important to him. Scott is important to him. His words and his actions show this on a daily basis. Dave is there for us. Not just there, but there there. I can tell him anything. He listens and he accepts me and he hears me. He understands me. He always has just the right thing to say to me. He never ever lectures me or judges me but he speaks truth to me.

Sometimes we joke that I am the female him. We are so alike in so many ways.

I absolutely love to sing with Dave, to hear our voices blend together. We’ve gotten to this place where he doesn’t have to tell me when or where or what to sing, I just know. My job as his back up singer is to harmonize and add to what he is singing, to make him sound better, if that is even possible. And when the three of us sing together, Scott, Dave and I, its like magic.

We love to have Dave over to hang out. He’s easy to be with. He is hilarious. Even with his energy level, he can chill. He loves to eat and just hang. And talk. We don’t have to put on any pretenses at all. We have a pile of private jokes between the three of us.

Oh my goodness, Dave’s sermon’s lately knock it out of the park! I used to accuse him of reading my journal for inspiration for his sermons because it seems like they are just for me. He is so genuine! I write notes as fast as I can and then go back through them because even though they are simple, they are deep. So inspiring. Always exactly what I needed to hear.

I am so very grateful that God brought us together. This is what friendship is supposed to be. The type of connection we were created for.