Malcolm Warner Tjepkema

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One of my best friends is Malcolm ‘Warner’ Tjepkema. I have known him since the second grade, and our friendship has only gotten stronger. I am happy that God gave me the gift of meeting him. Me and him are around the same height, being around 5 ‘ 3’’. We both have the same sense of humor and we are very creative. He is as funny as Adam Sandler, as interesting as a pink fairy armadillo, as caring as a Maiasaurus, and as hyper as my puppies.
We met in the second grade. I had just arrived at Cornerstone Christian academy, a nervous and shy boy. He would often tease me, but he has told me that, at first sight, he knew we were going to be friends. I used to think his jokes were offensive. I didn’t come from a home where we teased each other a

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