Article January 1, 2003 Issue

Still best friends

Chelsea Rousselot,—Irvine, California

My friend Jaime and I have been best friends since the second grade. Jaime has a really good singing voice, and we both know how to play the guitar. I play bass and she plays lead guitar. When we were in seventh grade, we began to write songs together. Then we got a drummer and formed a band. I thought we were the perfect team.

Then one day Jaime told me about a church she had begun to go to and how much she liked it. She hadn't been very religious before, but I was happy for her that she had finally found a church.

Little by little, Jaime became more and more intolerant. She would try to force her religious opinions on others, and she began to say offensive things about my faith — Christian Science. I felt rejected. It was like I didn't know her anymore.

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