We met when she still wore a thin gold band on her left ring finger. I sat next to her in the only seat available at the crowded table, not realizing from that point on, my life would be better because she was in it. As we sat in the restaurant surrounded by women who already knew one another, she ... Read More about An Unlikely Friendship
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Friendship in the Internet Age
Three times, I attempted to visit the Tenement Museum in New York City with a friend before we succeeded. Twice we drove in, sat in traffic for a few hours, then navigated around construction zones, only to find lot after city parking lot full. The third time, we rode the train to Penn Station, then ... Read More about Friendship in the Internet Age
Friendship: What I Learned by Racing Side by Side
My husband wrangled me, our teenage daughter, and our three best friends to participate in some sort of mud-filled obstacle course this upcoming weekend. You know how I love to spend the Saturday after the first full week of summer? Running a 5K through barbed wire and fire pits. Only not. It's a ... Read More about Friendship: What I Learned by Racing Side by Side
Friendship: An Unfolding
She fixed her soft eyes on me across the café table. "Tell me about your kids," she said. All she had to do was ask the question, and my maternal floodgates opened, spilling deep and wide. So few people ask the question, and then give one the time and space to answer. She teared up a little when she ... Read More about Friendship: An Unfolding
When friendship takes time
Organized sports remain something of a mystery to me. As do boys, especially those of the twelve-year-old variety. Or the forty-year old variety, if I'm totally honest. I'm a girly girl to the core, so when my son asked if we could host a Super Bowl party for ten of his friends, I immediately ... Read More about When friendship takes time