By Valerie Goldstein Farewell To the Bus Stop Moms
It seems like just yesterday I was writing a piece about my last baby going off to kindergarten. I poured…
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Friendship
By Jessica Carik The Hard Truth about Friendship in Your 40s
No one can really prepare you for how much friendships change in your 40s. We expect life shifts—kids grow, schedules…
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By Krystal Sieben Maybe that “Mean Mom” Is Just Busy
Ever since Ashley Tisdale wrote about leaving her toxic mom group, I have noticed something shift among women my age,…
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By Brittany Tokas We Fell Out of Friendship
It was just a normal Monday afternoon, sitting in the waiting room at the dentist's office. I had one kid…
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By Megan Kewaza True Friends Trust You with Real Life
I used to think the mark of real friendship was inclusion. If I got invited to the brunch, the beach…
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By Wendy C The Mom Friends You Make by Default Are Pretty Great
I never thought I would expand my group of friends in my mid-30s and 40s. As an introvert, I wasn’t…
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The Friends You’ve Had Since Childhood Are Special
I never thought the girl I used to hang out with in Grade 5, talking about Trolls and Tamagotchis with,…
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By Her View From Home The Women In My Life Have become My Lifeline
In my early 20s, I thought all I ever wanted or needed was a man to love and who loved…
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By Amber Kuipers True Friendship Is a Give and Take
Have you ever had one of those friends who wants to be invited to all the things and be "in…
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By Joy A. Mead Some Friends Don’t Journey with Us Forever
It was a damp morning when we arrived in the UK after a week with my parents in the US.…
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Friendship Isn’t Something You Have, It’s Something You Nurture
Why does no one tell you that making a dear friend as an adult feels like coaxing life from rocky…
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Here’s To the Friendships
Here’s to the friendships. Here’s to the childhood friends. The friends who have grown up together. The friends who have…
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