Have you ever felt like you're the only one who struggles with finding good friends, that everyone

else around you has built-in best friends and you're the odd man out?

Today in my interview with Fatima Diedrickson, also known by her friends and family as Fatty,

we talk about her experiences over the years with friendship and making the effort to be a good friend.

Her stories start with being an international student at BYU who didn't speak any English,

having to take a dictionary to class and try to understand a brand new culture and language

and having literally no family around and no built-in friends either.

She shares her inspiring stories of bravery, putting herself out there for others to get to know

and love,

making the effort to be a friend and the power one person can have to be someone's one friend.

All right, today, friends, I have a new, well, she's really not a new friend of mine,

but someone that I finally met on Zoom this morning

and I feel like is a real friend to me, Fatima Dedrickson, and she goes by Fatty.

Yeah.

And I just can't wait to talk to you today.

So say hi and tell everybody just a little bit about who you are and what you are all

about.

Hi, you guys. I'm super excited to be here. Thank you so much for having me. I feel like I'm

honored. And yes, I go by Fadi and I was born and raised in Sweden. And I came to the States

12 years ago.

Oh my gosh, that makes me feel old.

I came here to run track at BYU, and then I met my husband and the rest is history.

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