Tag: Friendships

Friendship in Your Forties:: The Need to Belong Never Goes Away

I’m almost two years into my forties, the decade that promised me freedom from self consciousness, from caring so much what other people think...

Thank You For Being A Friend:: Celebrating Friendship with The Golden...

This "new normal." It's wearing and exhausting. The racial tension and the desperation for change in our country feels endless. What the world needs...

“What Do You Need?” How to Support a Friend Walking Through...

Do you know someone with ovarian cancer? The American Cancer Society estimates that in 2019, about 22,240 new cases of ovarian cancer will be...

An Ode to My Older Friends

The other day, I had an astonishing realization. Since moving to Houston in July 2017, I have made many more older female friends. I...

Mommy Friendships with a Twist of Sobriety

It started in our preschool days. Overwhelmed moms standing in pick up lines, dreaming of a night out with adults :: no potty training,...

Childless Friends are Underrated

In college I had a long list of friends and sorority sisters.  We spent our time going shopping, hanging out at each others' apartments,...