A piece of jewelry, a gift voucher or a weekend away. All beautiful gifts that you can give or receive from a good friend. But giving your best friend a kidney? That doesn’t happen that often. Yet Marianne did this for her best friend Rieke, who feels like a sister to her. What is the most beautiful gift you have ever given to a friend!
Marianne had first shared Rieke’s Facebook message, but then decided to donate a kidney to her friend herself. Especially for the television program Besties, Rieke and Marianne return to the Amsterdam UMC where the kidney transplant took place in 2017. This was the most beautiful gift that Rieke ever received, and that Marianne ever gave.
Gesture
Of course, a gift doesn’t always have to be something as big as donating a kidney. No matter how small or large the gift, it’s the gesture that counts. What is the most beautiful gift you ever received from a friend? Or what is the most beautiful gift you ever gave? Let us know, we are very curious about these special stories.